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Insight EU Environment Monitoring 29-30 May 2023

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REACH
  • ECHA sees broad use of alternatives for chemical safety assessment
  • Slovakia now accepts poison centre notifications through ECHA’s submission portal
  • New approach methodologies workshop: Towards an animal free regulatory system for industrial chemicals
CBRN INCIDENTS
  • EU Commission hosts meeting of European ministers meet to discuss chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear preparedness
CORPORATE DUE DILIGENCE
  • MEPs press conference: Companies to tackle human rights and environmental impact
SDGS
  • EU Commissioner Urpilainen meets UN Secretary-General Guterres and reaffirms EU strong partnership with the UN to deliver on Sustainable Development Goals
  • 2023 SDG 16 Conference – SDG 16 as a compass for navigating intersecting crises – United Nations Sustainable Development
AIR POLLUTION
  • UNECE: Long-term monitoring under the Air Convention pays off
WATER PROTECTION
  • UNECE: Montenegro performs self-assessment on equitable access to water, sanitation and hygiene
PLASTIC POLLUTION
  • Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution – United Nations Sustainable Development
  • EU calls for agreement on global rules to end plastic pollution
  • Plastics Europe: The Global Plastics Treaty
SUPPLY CHAIN
  • UN/CEFACT spearheads efforts to bolster resilience of supply chains
PACKAGING
  • Deutsche Umweltstiftung: Fachgespräch „Verpackungen der Zukunft“
INNOVATION
  • The Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2025-2027 analysis is now public
  • Launch of the UNECE Interim Innovation Policy Outlook 2023 for Eastern Europe and South Caucasus
FOOD WASTE
  • Tackling food waste – FoodDrinkEurope
HEALTH UNION
  • EU-UK relations: EU takes further steps to implement the Windsor Framework – EU Council
  • EP SANT Committee: Next meeting on Non-communicable diseases & mental health
GERMANY
  • Bundesrat: 243/23 | Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die Begründung ausdrücklicher Umweltaussagen und die diesbezügliche Kommunikation (Richtlinie über Umweltaussagen) | 30. Mai 2023
SCHEER BRIEFS
  • SCHEER – Draft Agenda of the 5th plenary meeting, Luxembourg, 8-9 June 2023
EFSA BRIEFS
  • Risk assessment related to the presence of benzalkonium chloride (BAC), didecyldimethyl ammonium chloride (DDAC) and chlorates in fish and fish products
  • Modification of the existing maximum residue levels in leeks and spring onions/green onions/Welsh onions resulting from the use of potassium phosphonates
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
  • COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/… on a harmonised standard for test methods and requirements to demonstrate that plastic caps and lids remain attached to beverage containers drafted in support of Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council
  • COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) /… supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of end points in the manufacturing chain of certain organic fertilisers and soil improvers
  • COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) /… amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the listing of perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds
  • COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) /… amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 as regards certain provisions on protected denominations of origin and protected geographical indications for wine and on the presentation of compulsory particulars for grapevine products and specific rules for the indication and designation of ingredients for grapevine products, and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 as regards the certification of imported wine products
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
  • CM 3132 2023 INIT Working Party on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
  • ST 9500 2023 REV 1 COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Agriculture and Fisheries)
EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER
  • Answer to a written question – Proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste (COM(2022)677) – E-000970/2023(ASW)
  • Answer to a written question – Change in regulations on tricyclazole in imported rice – E-000960/2023(ASW)
  • Answer to a written question – Biodiversity – E-001133/2023(ASW)
  • Answer to a written question – Reopening of the San Sago special waste facility – E-000766/2023(ASW)
  • Answer to a written question – Greenwashing – E-001028/2023(ASW)
  • AMENDMENTS 1101 – 1172 – Draft report Establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 – PE749.175v01-00
  • AMENDMENTS 1101 – 1172 – Draft report Establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 – PE749.175v01-00

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