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Insight EU Environment Monitoring Summer Break Summary 7 – 12 August 2023

Aug 14, 2023 ,
pollution, oil, containment
Oil pollution containment. Photo by analogicus on Pixabay
SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING
  • Diluted European Sustainability Reporting Standards Raise Greenwashing Concerns
NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Extreme weather conditions: EU mobilises assistance for Slovenia and Cyprus
  • President von der Leyen travels to Slovenia to express support amidst unprecedented floods
FORESTRY
  • State aid: Commission approves €350 million Finnish scheme to promote sustainable forest management
OIL POLLUTION
  • Yemen: UN concludes removal of one million barrels of oil from decaying tanker
NANOMATERIALS
  • EUON: New guidance on the safety assessment of nanomaterials in cosmetics released
  • EUON: Join free webinar on OECD Test Guideline No. 126
EFSA BRIEFS
  • Safety assessment of the process Tanrikulu Plastik, based on the Starlinger iV+ technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • Safety assessment of the process Lerg‐Pet, based on the Starlinger iV+ technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • Safety assessment of the process PCR Ambalaj, based on the Starlinger iV+ technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for 1,4‐dimethylnaphthalene in potatoes
  • Safety assessment of the process Dialog Diyou PCR, based on the Starlinger iV+ technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • Safety assessment of the process ISKO, based on Gneuss 4 technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • Modification of the existing maximum residue level for trifloxystrobin in honey
  • Safety assessment of the process RE–PETKunststoffrecycling, based on Gneuss 4 technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • EFSA – EU‐ANSA crisis preparedness training
  • Scientific opinion on the tolerable upper intake level for vitamin D, including the derivation of a conversion factor for calcidiol monohydrate
  • 13th specific meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance data reporting, Scientific Network for Zoonoses Monitoring Data
  • Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance tritosulfuron
  • Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of 25‐hydroxycholecalciferol produced with Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 146008 for pigs and poultry for the renewal of its authorisation (DSM Nutritional Products Sp. z.o.o)
  • Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance urea
  • Safety assessment of the process Veolia Huafei Polymer Technology (Zhejiang), based on the Vacunite (EREMA Basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐LeaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • Updated peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance mepanipyrim
  • Safety assessment of the process Loreco Plast Recyclage, based on the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • Implementing AI Vertical use cases ‐ Scenario 1
  • Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for isofetamid in certain salad plants
  • Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for acibenzolar‐S‐methyl in grapes
  • Safety assessment of the process CPE based on the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
  • Safety evaluation of the food enzyme triacylglycerol lipase from the non‐genetically modified Rhizopus arrhizus strain AE‐TL(B)
  • Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for prothioconazole in sugar beet and chicory roots
  • Modification of the existing maximum residue levels or for flonicamid in kales, Chinese cabbages and kohlrabies
  • Safety and efficacy of the feed additive consisting of protease produced by Bacillus licheniformis DSM 33099 (ProAct 360) for use in poultry species for fattening or reared for laying/breeding (DSM Nutritional Products Ltd)
  • Evaluation of confirmatory data following the Article 12 MRL review for fenbuconazole
  • Modification of the existing maximum residue level for azoxystrobin in hops
EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER
  • Answer to a written question – Water shortages in Mayotte – E-001793/2023(ASW)
  • Answer to a written question – Protecting mangroves – E-001972/2023(ASW)
  • Answer to a written question – Regulation on packaging – E-001762/2023(ASW)
  • Answer to a written question – European children exposed to asbestos – E-001919/2023(ASW)
  • REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application and repealing Directives 2002/98/EC and 2004/23/EC – A9-0250/2023
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
  • ST 12292 2023 INIT Commission’s intention to open discussions on joining, on behalf of the EU the Joint Ministerial Statement of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution Information note by the Commission
  • ST 12301 2023 INIT COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Co-creation of a transition pathway for a more resilient, sustainable and digital agri-food ecosystem

 

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