HEALTH

Nature restoration law: MEPs adopt position for negotiations with Council +++ Ecodesign: more environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient products +++ Greens/EFA position paper: Green design – the way forward for a true circular economy +++ Text adopted: Industrial Emissions Directive.

UNECE: Aarhus Convention Parties and civil society push forward actions to uphold environmental rights for all +++ Industrial emissions: MEPs support revision of rules to reduce pollution +++ UK Environment Agency: Polluters must pay’ says Environment Secretary, as unlimited penalties unveiled.

2023 Strategic Foresight Report: Sustainability and wellbeing at the heart of Europe’s Open Strategic Autonomy +++ EFSA: Glyphosate: no critical areas of concern; data gaps identified +++ EMA: Phasing out of extraordinary COVID-19 regulatory flexibilities.

EU Council adopts position on the regulation for classification, labeling, and packaging of chemical substances +++ EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’: €106 million for 18 new projects for protection, conservation, depollution and innovation +++ European Health Union: creation of a network of vaccine manufacturers to step up health crisis preparedness.

Farm Sustainability Data Network: EU Council and Parliament reach provisional political agreement +++ UN agencies head up new $115 million push for cleaner, healthier oceans +++ Projected sea surface temperature anomalies under different SSP scenarios for European seas and global ocean.

Air pollution in Europe: 2023 reporting status under the National Emission Reduction Commitments Directive +++ New Q&A on Restriction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under REACH +++ OECD call for interested laboratories to participate in an inter-laboratory comparison test on dissolution of metal nanomaterials in aquatic media.

Main results of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 26 June 2023 +++ Opening Remarks by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides at the Agrifish Council – Report on the Regulation on Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products +++ New EU common quality standards to improve use of treated water for irrigation enter into force

UNECE adopts groundbreaking regulation introducing methodology to measure particle emissions from cars and vans’ braking systems +++ From the trough to the plate – why safe feed is important also for human health – German BfR +++ Use of real-world evidence in regulatory decision making – EMA publishes review of its studies

ECHA’s committees: EU-wide PFAS ban in firefighting foams warranted +++ Study presentation: Animal welfare of farmed fish +++ ECDC press release: Increasing risk of mosquito-borne diseases in EU/EEA following spread of Aedes species.

UN agrees on increased protection of oceans +++ Research for PECH Committee – Animal welfare of farmed fish +++ Food safety: Commission authorises three genetically modified maize and renews the authorisation of four genetically modified crops for use as food and animal feed only.

EU Environment Council reaches agreement on the nature restoration law +++ Beyond borders: Why new ‘high seas’ treaty is critical for the world – UN +++ New EU chemicals enforcement project to focus on products sold online.