IEU Environment Monitoring 16 February 2021

Our IEU Monitoring headlines today*: 

SPECIAL SECTION: COVID-19: 

  • Renew Europe: COVID19: EU must ‘get in the driving seat’ on new variants to avoid a ‘perpetual pandemic’ +++ 

INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY: 

  • Germany and France: Together for a new and innovative European industrial strategy +++ 

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS: 

  • ECHA: Restricting hazardous chemicals protects millions of Europeans from serious diseases

PESTICIDES

  • EP Study - The future of crop protection in Europe - 16-02-2021

RECYCLING

  • EU Commission: Answer to a written question - Developing lithium recycling in Europe - E-006135/2020(ASW)

PLASTICS

  • AmCham EU Position paper - Joint industry statement on the implementation of the harmonised marking requirements under Directive (EU) 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment

TRADE & ENVIRONMENT

  • EU Commission: Answer to a written question - The World Trade Organization’s Trade and Environment Week 2020 - E-006295/2020(ASW)

GERMANY

  • UBA: Luftqualität 2020: Nur noch wenige Städte über Stickstoffdioxid-Grenzwert

UK 

  • Government Chemist conference 2021: Safe food for tomorrow's world
  • UK: The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021

EU COUNCIL REGISTER

  • CM 1709 2021 INIT Informal videoconference of the members of the Working Party on International Environment Issues (Int. Chemicals / Synergies) (morning only)

EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER

  • AMENDMENTS 1 - 231 - Draft report Implementation of the Ambient Air Quality Directives: Directive 2004/107/EC and Directive 2008/50/EC - PE680.992v01-00

ECHA BRIEFS

  • Public Consultations-Trichloroethylene
  • Public Consultations-Chromium trioxide
  • Public Consultations-4-Nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated

EFSA BRIEFS

  • Future directions for risk communications at EFSA

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