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Combating microplastic pollution in the EU: Unintentional releases of plastic pellets
The IA is convincing on the need and conditions being in place to tackle the unintentional releases of plastic pellets as the main focus of the legislative initiative, although it appears that initially all six main sources of microplastic pollution were considered. The IA draws on extensive scientific evidence, literature and stakeholder consultations. It defines the scale of the problem, its drivers, affected stakeholders and how likely the problem is to persist, referring, inter alia, to global ...
Packaging and packaging waste
The IA provides a good overview of the problems relating to packaging and packaging waste, and the possible impacts of the various measures proposed to address the problems. In its assessment, which is both qualitative and quantitative, the IA relies on a wealth of data sources and modelling. However, it does not clearly indicate the IA supporting studies and their full references; this would have improved transparency. The IA presents three policy options, which are partially incremental and cannot ...
Wykonanie decyzji w sprawie zasobów własnych
Podczas drugiej marcowej sesji plenarnej Parlament Europejski ma głosować nad trzema rozporządzeniami Rady, które uzupełniają strukturę systemu dochodów budżetu UE. Procedura zgody ma zastosowanie do środków wykonawczych, natomiast opinie ustawodawcze (procedura konsultacji) powinny być przyjmowane w odniesieniu do przepisów operacyjnych. Przed głosowaniem Parlament przeprowadzi wspólną debatę na temat szerszej reformy zasobów własnych UE, w odniesieniu do której w porozumieniu międzyinstytucjonalnym ...
Reform of the EU own resources
This document was prepared by Policy Department for Budgetary Affairs for the Committee on Budgets as a background paper for the Public Hearing on ‘Financing the EU budget: new own resources and possible other revenue’. It provides a summary of the system of EU own resources in the light of the agreement on its revision reached during the negotiations of the 2021-27 MFF. It shows the rationale for the reform including the need to find sources to finance the repayment of the EU borrowing in the framework ...
The environmental impacts of plastics and micro-plastics use, waste and pollution: EU and national measures
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI), focuses on the pervasive use of plastics and reviews the rising consensus on the potential eco-toxicological impacts of these materials, in particular of smaller plastic particles, dubbed microplastics. It discusses possible mitigation strategies aimed at curtailing the prevalence of (micro)plastics, as well as emerging alternatives ...
Commitments made at the hearing of Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS, Commissioner-designate - Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
The commissioner-designate, Virginijus Sinkevičius, appeared before the European Parliament on 3 October 2019 to answer questions put by MEPs from the Committees on ENVI and PECH. During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to his portfolio, as described in the mission letter sent to him by Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, including conserving Europe’s natural environment and prosperous and sustainable ...
Ograniczenie odpadów z tworzyw sztucznych w morzach
W maju 2018 r. Komisja Europejska przedłożyła wniosek ustawodawczy w celu rozwiązania problemu odpadów w morzach, koncentrując się na dziesięciu kluczowych plastikowych przedmiotach jednorazowego użytku zalegających na europejskich plażach, a także na narzędziach połowowych, które łącznie stanowią około 70 % odpadów morskich zanieczyszczających plaże w Europie. Negocjacje międzyinstytucjonalne z Radą zaowocowały porozumieniem osiągniętym w grudniu 2018 r., nad którym Parlament ma głosować podczas ...