Press release 21/2018 from 08.08.2018 | Last changed: 01.11.2018
Boat hull paints – a problem for our waters
… the use of alternative coatings with no biocides. Regional differentiation and the documentation of applications, advisory services for users and official monitoring … to reduce water pollution here. A few examples from Scandinavia show how it can be done: Sweden allows only products with reduced copper content for most craft on the … under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation. Germany should therefore – as Sweden does – develop its own regulations which involve all the authorities at the federal …