¿“T” de tóxico?

The document outlines seven ways the TTIP could degrade chemical safety standards, including the risk of 'downward harmonization' of regulations, the erosion of EU member states' regulatory authority, and the potential for investor-state dispute settlements to penalize governments for implementing health and environmental laws.

• The TTIP is characterized as a regulatory agreement aimed at reducing normative differences, which the author claims could lead to "armonización “descendente”" (downward harmonization) toward standards that offer less protection for people and the environment.
• The agreement may hinder the EU's ability to transition to safer chemicals by slowing down the implementation of protective legislation and restricting the ability of individual EU member states to adopt stricter national measures.
• TTIP could impede innovation and transparency regarding hazardous substances through proposed rules on labeling and secrecy, making it harder for regulators and consumers to identify dangerous chemicals in products.
• The document warns that including investment clauses similar to those in NAFTA (TLCAM) could allow foreign investors to sue the EU in secret arbitration panels over lost profits resulting from public health and environmental laws, specifically mentioning risks to fracking moratoria.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (n.d.). ¿“T” de tóxico? https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/TTIP_FactSheet_EU_Espanol_Feb2014.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. ¿“T” de tóxico? n.d. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/TTIP_FactSheet_EU_Espanol_Feb2014.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Center for International Environmental Law |title=¿“T” de tóxico? |url=https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/TTIP_FactSheet_EU_Espanol_Feb2014.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallawndtxico, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{¿“T” de tóxico?}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/TTIP_FactSheet_EU_Espanol_Feb2014.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }