Tougher regulations for fertiliser manufacturers after Norway attack

MANUFACTURERS of fertiliser will be among those facing stringent new EU regulations in the wake of Anders Behring Breivik’s murder spree in Norway.

The EU is expected to fast-track the formulation and rollout of measures to monitor the manufacture and sale of fertiliser and any other materials which can be used to produce homemade bombs.

This decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting in Brussels of the EU’s anti-terrorism working party, TWP, the counter-terrorism group COTER, as well as Norwegian authorities and other key member states.