IEU MONITORING: Environment Telegram 2 Feb 2018

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# PESTICIDES: 

• Special committee on authorisation procedure for pesticides: plenary vote on mandate +++ 
• EU Commission Answer - Pesticides in European food - E-006663/2017 

# CIRCULAR ECONOMY: 

• EP Draft opinion - Cohesion policy and the circular economy - PE 616.863v01-00 - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 

# AIR POLLUTION: 

• Labour MEPs: EU air pollution legal threat is latest Brexit embarrassment for toxic government 

# MICROPLASTICS

• Sweden: More steps to reduce plastics and microplastics in the oceans

# EU COUNCIL REGISTER

• St 5846 2018 Init Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)
• St 5846 2018 Add 1 ANNEXES to the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)
• St 5846 2018 Add 2 COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)
• St 5846 2018 Add 3 COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)
• St 5846 2018 Add 4 COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Synopsis Report Stakeholder Consultation Accompanying the document Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)
• St 5846 2018 Add 5 REGULATORY SCRUTINY BOARD OPINION Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)
• Cm 1383 2018 Init Working Party on the Environment (morning only)

# SCCS BRIEFS

• SCCS - Minutes of the Working Group Meeting on Cosmetic Ingredients of 24 January 2018
• SCCS - Minutes of the Working Group Meeting on Methodologies of 23 January 2018
• SCCS - Minutes of the Working Group Meeting on Nanomaterials in Cosmetic Products of 25 January 2018

# EFSA BRIEFS

• Analysis of the drivers for Ebola virus spillover
• Oral vaccination against rabies
• Oyster mortality
• Preparatory work on sheep welfare
• Sheep and goat pox
• PEDV and PDCoV
• Conceptual framework for bovine tuberculosis
• FLURISK-Final report
• Low atmosphere pressure system for stunning poultry
• Indicators of unconsciousness and death at slaughter
• CO2 stunning of rabbits
• Risk Categorization - Aquatic Health
• Electrical stunning of lambs and kid goats
• ”Schmallenberg” virus
• Rift Valley fever
• Risk of entry of Aethina tumida and Tropilaelaps
• AHAW review of the EU zoonoses report on trends and sources—TOR 2–7
• Use of animal-based measures to assess animal welfare
• Species-specific welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing of farmed Atlantic Salmon
• Animal welfare aspects of husbandry systems for farmed Atlantic salmon - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare
• Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)on a request from the Commission related to "The Impact of the current housing and husbandry systems on the health and welfare of farmed domestic rabbits."
• Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) on a request from the Commission related to the welfare aspects of various systems of keeping laying hens
• Safety assessment of the active substances carboxymethylcellulose, acetylated distarch phosphate, bentonite, boric acid and aluminium sulfate, for use in active food contact materials

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