Our IEU MONITORING headlines today:
EU ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL
- EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius comment on the informal Environment Council on 23 April 2021
AARHUS CONVENTION
- MEPs support full compliance with the Aarhus Convention
SOIL
- EP MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on soil protection – B9-0221/2021
- Monitoring soil functions and their interactions – a new pan-European framework
AQUACULTURE
- EP OPINION on a new approach to the Atlantic maritime strategy – PE662.092v03-00
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
- EU Commission Answer to a written question – Universal recognition of the right to a healthy environment – E-000431/2021(ASW)
SUSTAINABLE-BY-DESIGN
- EU Commission: Mapping study for the development of sustainable-by-design criteria
POLLUTION
- Which sources of particle pollution may trigger inflammation in humans?
AIR QUALITY
- EU Commission: Answer to a written question – Air quality and the risk of viral transmission on aircraft – P-000685/2021(ASW)
SUSTAINABLE FOOD
- Small family farmers produce a third of the world’s food – FAO
- Eurocommerce: Retail and wholesale: pioneers in sustainable foods
PLANT PROTECTION
- EU Commission: Answer to a written question – Plant protection products – E-000792/2021(ASW)
BIOCIDES
- Biocide release from antifouling paints may be higher than reported, finds Swedish study
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
- IW: Digitalisierung als Hebel für mehr Ressourceneffizienz
SPECIAL SECTION: COVID-19
- EU Commission President von der Leyen’s remarks at meeting with Belgian PM De Croo, Pfizer CEO Bourla, and BioNTech co-founder Türeci
- Statement by Commissioner Kyriakides on the review by the European Medicines Agency of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
- Global fight against the pandemic: EU Council reaffirms Team Europe’s commitments
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
- CM 2803 2021 INIT – Informal videoconferences of the members of the Working Party on the Environment
- CM 2886 2021 INIT – Informal videoconference of the members of the FRIENDS OF THE PRESIDENCY GROUP – Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP)
- ST 8012 2021 INIT – COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regard the use of polyols in certain energy-reduced confectionery products
- ST 8012 2021 ADD 1 – ANNEX to the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of polyols in certain energy-reduced confectionary products
- ST 8089 2021 INIT – COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION EU Taxonomy, Corporate Sustainability Reporting, Sustainability Preferences and Fiduciary Duties: Directing finance towards the European Green Deal
- ST 8061 2021 ADD 1ANNEX to the COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/127 as regards the requirements on pesticides in infant formula and follow-on formula
- ST 8061 2021 INITCOMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… of 16.4.2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/127 as regards the requirements on pesticides in infant formula and follow-on formula
EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER
- MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on chemical residues in the Baltic Sea, based on Petitions Nos 1328/2019 and 0406/2020 – B9-0224/2021
SCHEER BRIEFS
- SCHEER Final Opinion on the safety of breast implants in relation to anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL)
EFSA BRIEFS
- Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of ferrous lysinate sulfate for all animal species (Phytobiotics Futterzusatzstoffe GmbH)
- Assessment of a feed additive consisting of all‐rac‐alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E) for all animal species for the renewal of its authorisation (DSM)
- Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of a preparation of benzoic acid, calcium formate and fumaric acid (AviMatrix Z) for all avian species other than laying birds (Novus Europe S.A. / N.V)
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