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Insight EU Environment Monitoring 20 March 2023

Mar 21, 2023 ,
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Container terminal. Photo by bellergy on Pixabay
NOISE POLLUTION
  • Zero pollution: New EU report calls for stronger action to reduce harmful noise pollution
HAZARDOUS WASTE
  • Waste shipments: EU Report shows an increase in quantity and more detections of illegal shipments
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
  • Occupational exposure limits – ECHA call for comments and evidence
THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION
  • The Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention successfully organized a face-to-face orientation workshop for members of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) in Rome, Italy, from 6 to 8 March 2023.
WATER
  • UN: 5 things you should know about the UN 2023 Water Conference
PLANT VARIETY
  • Judgment of the EU Court in Case C-522/21: Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltung (KWS Meridian) on the protection of plant variety rights
GERMANY
  • Bundestag berät über das Übereinkommen zur Verhütung von Meeresverschmutzung
  • Wuppertal Institut Vortrag: Greenwashing verhindern und Verantwortung übernehmen
SCHEER BRIEFS
  • SCHEER – Minutes of the 4th plenary meeting, Luxembourg, 9 March 2023
EFSA BRIEFS
  • Review of the existing maximum residue levels for cypermethrins according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005
  • Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for pendimethalin in peas (with pods), beans (with pods) and leeks
  • Statement on the short‐term (acute) dietary risk assessment and evaluation of confirmatory data for certain maximum residue levels (MRLs) for thiacloprid
  • EFSA info‐session on Avian Influenza surveillance data in the context of the SIGMA Project
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
  • CM 2099 2023 REV 1 Working Party on the Environment
  • CM 2099 2023 INIT Working Party on the Environment
  • CM 2101 2023 INIT Informal videoconferences of the Working Party on the Environment
  • ST 7443 2023 INIT List of voluntary commitments for the Water Action Agenda to be presented by the European Union for the UN 2023 Water Conference (New York, 22-24 March 2023)
  • ST 7289 2023 INIT Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC – Guidance for further work
  • ST 6679 2023 INIT Greening the European Semester – Exchange of views
  • ST 6702 2023 INIT Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste Guidance for further work
  • ST 7159 2023 INIT Proposal for a REGULATION ON THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 – Follow up to the Working Party on Plants and Plant Health Questions (Pesticides/Plant Protection Products) on 6 March 2023 – request for written comments
  • ST 7537 2023 INIT Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste General approach
  • ST 7462 2023 INIT COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for folpet in or on certain products
  • ST 7462 2023 ADD 1 ANNEX to the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for folpet in or on certain products
  • ST 7462 2023 ADD 2 ANNEX to the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for folpet in or on certain products
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
  • COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Commission Guidelines for Defining, Mapping, Monitoring and Strictly Protecting EU Primary and Old-Growth Forests
  • COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) /… granting a Union authorisation for the biocidal product family ‘HYPO-CHLOR Product Family’ in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
  • COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION partially granting an authorisation under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to Becton Dickinson Distribution Center NV for a use of 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated (4-tert-OPnEO)
  • COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION granting an authorisation under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to Bio-Rad for certain uses of 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated (4-tert-OPnEO) and 4-Nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated (4-NPnEO)
  • COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/… concerning the authorisation of a preparation of carvacrol, thymol, D-carvone, methyl salicylate and L-menthol as a feed additive for turkeys for fattening, turkeys reared for breeding, minor poultry species for fattening and minor poultry species reared for breeding (holder of authorisation: Biomin GmbH)

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