MISCELLANEOUS.

This article presents news briefs related to environmental laws from around the world. The draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill in Great Britain introduces a new offence for holding organizations accountable for gross failings by their senior management where these have had fatal consequences. This would complement other forms of liability, including prosecutions under health and safety legislation and would be linked to the standards required under those laws. A draft guidance produced for Environment Agency officers in Great Britain, waste producers and the waste management industry, provides information on the sampling and testing of wastes to meet the landfill waste acceptance procedures. The "Communication From the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Declaration on Guiding Principles for Sustainable Development" of May 25, 2005 declares the European Union as having identified sustainable development as integral to all European Community policies, as set out in the Amsterdam Treaty introduced in 1997 following the Declaration at the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.