Our IEU MONITORING headlines today:
PRODUCT SAFETY
- Consumer protection: EU Commission revises rules on product safety and consumer credit
- EU Commission VP Jourová on the revision of EU rules on product safety and consumer credit
- EU Commissioner Reynders on the revision of EU rules on product safety and consumer credit
- Consumer protection: EP Committee to push for stronger product safety
CARCINOGENS
- Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: EU Commission launches Knowledge Centre to fight cancer
PLASTICS
- Schulze: Europa geht wichtigen Schritt raus aus der Wegwerfgesellschaft – Verbot von überflüssigem Wegwerfplastik tritt am 3. Juli in Kraft
COSMETICS
- EU Commission decides to register two new citizens’ initiatives: Cruelty-free Cosmetics and EcoScore
CHEMICAL STATUS
- CHASE classification in sediments, excluding metals
- CHASE classification of contaminant status in biota
COVID-19
- Joint Statement by World Bank, IMF, WHO, and WTO on the 1st Meeting of the COVID-19 Vaccines Task Force for Developing Countries
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
- Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic on a Decision on delineation and a Recommendation on the management of the North Atlantic Current and Evlanov Seamount Marine Protected Area (NACES MPA)
SCHEER BRIEFS
- SCHEER – Minutes of the Working Group meeting on Draft Environmental Quality Standards for the Water Framework Directive Priority Substances & groundwater quality standards of 28 June 2021
EFSA BRIEFS
- Furthering food systems science and federating researchers across the European Research Area
- Common European Green Deal data space to provide more accessible and exploitable environmental observation data in support of the European Green Deal priority actions
- Preparing for pre-commercial procurement (PCP) for end-user services based on environmental observation in the area of climate change adaptation and mitigation
- Fostering strategic advice and synergies between national and EU research and innovation agendas, including SCAR foresight
- Technical Report on the notification of fresh plants of Wolffia arrhiza and Wolffia globosa as a traditional food from a third country pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
- Safety of extended uses of UV‐treated baker’s yeast as a Novel Food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
- Call for data on genotoxicity data on sweeteners
- Safety of 3‐FL (3‐Fucosyllactose) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
- Use of antibiotics in animals is decreasing
- Third joint inter‐agency report on integrated analysis of consumption of antimicrobial agents and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and food‐producing animals in the EU/EEA
- Increasing the transparency of EU food systems to boost health, sustainability and safety of products, processes and diets
- Data economy in the field of agriculture – effects of data sharing and big data
- Achieving zero polluted seas and ocean
- Preparing the ground for healthy soils: building capacities for engagement, outreach and knowledge
- Transition to healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour
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