According to a recent report:

zech lawmakers Tuesday overrode a presidential veto of a law that puts the country’s chemical industry under tougher European Union rules…

The bill, originally passed by parliament in July, implements an EU directive that requires manufacturers and importers to register chemicals with the new Helsinki-based European Chemicals Agency…

Czech President Vaclav Klaus, a free-market proponent and outspoken EU critic, called the directive, also known as REACH, bureaucratic and bad for business.

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