THE AARHUS CONVENTION
- UNECE: Rapid response mechanism to protect environmental defenders established under the Aarhus Convention
COVID-19
- European Health Union: EU Commission establishes portfolio of 10 most promising treatments for COVID-19
- EU Commission: Q&A on the list of 10 candidate COVID-19 therapeutics
EU GREEN DEAL
- Green Deal 2030 targets and agricultural production studies
WATER MANAGEMENT
- EU Commissioner Várhelyi in Egypt to participate in the Cairo Water Week and hold meetings with Egyptian government
COSMETICS
- BEUC: EU Ecolabel for cosmetics gets a welcome boost
ASBESTOS
- The Left: Asbestos-Free Europe
CHEMICAL MERGERS
- EU Commission clears the acquisition of Trinseo’s synthetic rubber business by Synthos
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
- Eröffnung des Kompetenzzentrums Elektromagnetische Felder Cottbus
UNECE
- UNECE: ‘Landmark decision’ gives legal teeth to protect environmental defenders
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
- COMMISSION DECISION on the confidentiality of certain information contained in the application submitted by PETman GmbH for the authorisation of a recycling process ‘PETman’ under Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 of 27 March 2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods (RECYC163)
- COMMISSION DECISION establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for cosmetic products and animal care products
- COMMISSION DECISION amending Decision 2014/312/EU establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for indoor and outdoor paints and varnishes
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/… correcting the French language version of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/66 on rules on uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on plants, plant products and other objects in order to verify compliance with Union rules on protective measures against pests of plants applicable to those goods
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for amisulbrom, flubendiamide, meptyldinocap, metaflumizone and propineb in or on certain products
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
- CM 5106 2021 INIT Informal videoconference of the members of the Working Party on International Environment Issues (UNECE Espoo)
- CM 5116 2021 INIT Informal videoconferences of the members of the Working Party on the Environment
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 13 October 2021
EFSA BRIEFS
- Integrated and sustainable freshwater bio-economy: Combining aquaculture, biodiversity preservation, biotechnology, and other uses
- Building alternative protein-friendly sustainable and healthy food environments
- Biosecurity, hygiene, disease prevention and animal welfare in aquaculture
- Microbiomes in food production systems
- Research and innovation for food losses and waste prevention and reduction through harmonised measurement and monitoring
- Enhancing biosecurity in terrestrial livestock production
- Integrated surveillance system to prevent and reduce diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
- Socio-economics of pesticide use in agriculture
- Risk assessment of new low-risk pesticides
- Effective systems for authenticity and traceability in the food system
- Marginal lands and climate-resilient and biodiversity-friendly crops for sustainable industrial feedstocks and related value chains
- Resilient beekeeping
- Maintaining and restoring pollinators and pollination services in European agricultural landscapes
- Boosting breeding for a sustainable, resilient, and competitive European legume sector
- EU-China international cooperation on nature-based solutions for nutrient management in agriculture
- Piloting innovative governance solutions to limit nitrogen and phosphorus emissions at the interface of rural/coastal and urban/industrial environments
- Sustainable biodegradable novel bio-based plastics: innovation for sustainability and end-of-life options of plastics
- Marine microbiome for a healthy ocean and a sustainable blue bio-economy
- Maximising economic, environmental, and social synergies in the provision of feedstock for bio-based sectors through diversification and increased sustainability of agricultural production systems
- EU-China international cooperation on unlocking the potential of agricultural residues and wastes for circular and sustainable bio-based solutions
- Life sciences and their convergence with digital technologies for prospecting, understanding and sustainably using biological resources
- Exploring extreme environments: novel adaptation strategies at a molecular level for bio-based innovation
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