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New EU laws may mean excessive claims

European employers’ lobby UNICE has told the BBC’s World Business Report that new European Union laws forcing polluting firms to pay clean-up costs will expose businesses to excessive claims. UNICE said that businesses could be overcharged because of problems in estimating clean-up costs accurately.

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