Our IEU MONITORING headlines today:
BIOECONOMY
- EU JRC: The European bioeconomy in 2050–four foresight scenarios
- Hearing documentation – Conservation of agricultural biodiversity – Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
REACH
- EU Commission: Answer to a written question – Use of recycled tyres in children’s playgrounds and artificial turf fields – E-000415/2021(ASW)
MICROPLASTICS
- High levels of microplastic pollution found in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean deep sea – Science for Environment Policy
NANOPESTICIDES
- Nanopesticides may have the potential to increase food production – but are they environmentally safe?
CIRCULAR CONSUMPTION
- Circular consumption – paying attention to potential rebound effects
LAGOON RECOVERY
- Bioreactors and wetlands – two-step solutions could support lagoon recovery in Spain
SPECIAL SECTION: COVID-19
- Coronavirus Response: EU Commission proposes to exempt vital goods and services distributed by the EU from VAT in times of crisis
- MEPs discuss faster authorisation for vaccines adapted to variants
- Digital Green Certificate: MEPs to review Commission proposal
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
DG ENV
- Commission reply to the European Ombudsman Own Initiative Inquiry ref. OI/2/2016
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
- CM 2520 2021 INIT Informal videoconferences of the members of the Working Party on the Environment
- CM 2539 2021 INIT Informal videoconference of the members of the Working Party on International Environment Issues (UNECE CLRTAP)
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