Our IEU Monitoring headlines today*:
SOIL PROTECTION
- EP Oral question to the EU Council – Soil protection – O-000024/2021
- EP Oral question to the EU Commission – Soil protection – O-000023/2021
AQUACULTURE
- Joint CONT-ENVI presentation of ECA Report on Marine Environment Protection – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
- EEB: Germany close to miss key chance to slash toxic industrial pollution
THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION
- New Rotterdam Convention publications promote the protection of children from hazardous labour practices
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
- OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on amending Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies – PE661.912v02-00
FOOD
- OPINION on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system – PE663.077v03-00 (3rd version)
BIODIVERSITY
- Bundesumweltministerin Schulze ruft Unternehmen zu stärkerem Schutz der biologischen Vielfalt auf
GREEN TRANSITION
- EU-Africa: 30 days of dialogue on green transition
LEAD
- ECHA: Restricting the use of lead in the EU: towards sustainable outdoor shooting
SPECIAL: COVID-19
- EU Commission strengthens transparency and authorisation mechanism for exports of COVID-19 vaccines
- Coronavirus: new procedure to facilitate and speed up approval of adapted vaccines against COVID-19 variants
- Remarks by Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis on the export transparency and authorisation mechanism and an accelerated approval of adapted vaccines against COVID-19 variants
- MEPs: Digital Green Certificate is the right move but speeding up vaccination is key
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
DG ENV
- Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, amendments to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention)
- COMMISSION DECISION on the adoption of the work programme for 2021 and on the financing of pilot project and preparatory action in the field of environment
EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER
- Answer to a written question – Report expected on Seveso and unlikely risks – E-000433/2021(ASW)
- AMENDMENTS 1 – 97 – Draft opinion A new approach to the Atlantic maritime strategy – PE689.854v01-00
ECHA BRIEFS
- Public Consultations-Lead and its compounds
EFSA BRIEFS
- Veterinary drug residues: compliance still high
- Report for 2019 on the results from the monitoring of veterinary medicinal product residues and other substances in live animals and animal products
- European Listeria typing exercise (ELiTE)
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