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Insight EU Environment Monitoring 28 February 2023

Mar 2, 2023 ,
ECHA infograph about PFAS.
ECHA
  • ECHA updates recommendations to improve REACH registrations
PESTICIDES
  • Using less chemical pesticides: EU Commission publishes toolbox of good practices
WATER CRISIS
  • INTERVIEW: Turn the tide on water crisis with game-changing commitments, urge co-hosts of UN conference
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
  • Legislators strike deal on a new standard to fight greenwashing in the bond markets
  • Sustainable finance: Provisional agreement reached on European green bonds
GREEN INDUSTRIES
  • E.DSO / Europacable / T&D Europe: Joint Statement on the Green Deal Industrial Plan – Net-Zero will not be achieved without electricity grids & infrastructure
BIOPLASTICS
  • Latest publications by Bioüplastics
  • EEA recognizes the role of biobased plastics as a pathway towards circular plastics in Europe
  • Producers of biobased and biodegradable materials raise concerns over the proposed definition of “natural polymers” in REACH restriction
  • Updated Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Landscape available at EUBP Members Area
  • Member portrait: BASFPolicy News: February 2023
  • News from the members: February 2023
  • News in brief: February 2023
ASBESTOS
  • DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/148/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work – PE740.714v01-00
  • AMENDMENTS 31 – 125 – Draft opinion Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/148/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work – PE742.553v01-00
PRODUCT LIABILITY
  • MEPs to quiz Commission on new liability for defective products rules
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
  • CM 1742 2023 INIT Working Party on International Environment Issues (UNECE Espoo)
  • CM 1829 2023 INIT Working Party on the Environment (Attachés only)
  • CM 1832 2023 INIT Working Party on International Environment Issues (Global)
  • CM 1822 2023 INIT Working Party on Forestry
  • CM 1784 2023 INIT Working Party on the Environment
  • ST 6698 2023 INIT Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning urban wastewater treatment (recast) – Policy debate
  • ST 6705 2023 INIT Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC – Policy debate
  • ST 6869 2023 INIT COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… of 24.2.2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
  • ST 6869 2023 ADD 1 ANNEX to the COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
  • ST 6887 2023 INIT Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement (Fertilisers)
  • ST 6887 2023 ADD 1 ANNEX to the Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement (Fertilisers)
  • ST 6896 2023 INIT Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products
  • ST 6896 2023 ADD 1 ANNEXES to the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products
  • ST 6896 2023 ADD 2 Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products – Impact Assessment – Opinion of the Board
  • ST 6896 2023 ADD 3 COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Subsidiarity Grid Accompanying the document proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
  • COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde in the Union list of flavourings
  • COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) / amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the use of carbomer in food supplements
  • CORRIGENDUM to Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2022/1647 of 23 September 2022 amending Directive 2003/90/EC as regards a derogation for organic varieties of agricultural plant species suitable for organic production
EFSA BRIEFS
  • Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of a tincture derived from the roots of Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. (taiga root tincture) for use in dogs, cats and horses (FEFANA asbl)
  • Pest categorisation of Coniella granati
  • Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance S‐metolachlor excluding the assessment of the endocrine disrupting properties
  • Wild carnivore occurrence and models of hunting yield abundance at European scale: first models for red fox and badger
  • Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of endo‐1,4‐β‐d‐mannanase produced by Thermothelomyces thermophilus DSM 33149 (Natupulse® TS/TS L) for chickens and turkeys for fattening, minor poultry species for fattening and ornamental birds (BASF SE)
  • GP/EFSA/BIOHAW/2023/01 – Support to EFSA in the risk assessment of alternative methods for the use and disposal of animal by-products and derived products

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