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Classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures
In December 2022, the European Commission proposed a revision of the Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, one of the two cornerstones of the EU's framework regulating chemicals. The revision, announced in the EU chemicals strategy for sustainability, notably seeks to identify and classify hazardous chemicals more comprehensively; improve communication on chemical hazards and the notification of relevant information to poison centres for emergency health ...
Révision des règles de l’Union relatives à la pollution industrielle
Au cours de sa période de session de mars, le Parlement européen devrait mettre aux voix l’accord politique provisoire conclu avec le Conseil sur une mise à jour des règles de l’Union visant à prévenir et à contrôler la pollution industrielle. Approuvé par la commission de l’environnement, de la santé publique et de la sécurité alimentaire (ENVI) le 11 janvier 2024, cet accord modifie de manière substantielle le texte initialement proposé par la Commission européenne.
Revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive
Covering some 52 000 large agro-industrial installations EU-wide, the Industrial Emissions Directive is the main EU instrument regulating industrial pollutant emissions. The proposal for a revision, tabled in April 2022, seeks to bring it into line with the EU's zero pollution ambition, energy, climate and circular economy policy goals under the European Green Deal. The main changes include expanding its scope, strengthening permit requirements, and adding measures to foster innovation. Stakeholders ...
Establishing an industrial emissions portal
The European Green Deal envisages a review of measures addressing pollution from large industrial installations, with a view to aligning existing legislation with the EU's zero pollution ambition, and energy, climate and circular economy policy goals. On 5 April 2022, the European Commission tabled a proposal to revise the Industrial Emissions Directive, the main European Union instrument regulating pollutant emissions from industry, together with a proposal to revise the Regulation establishing ...
Règlement relatif à la restauration de la nature
Lors de sa session plénière de février II, le Parlement européen devrait voter sur l’accord provisoire conclu lors du trilogue sur le «règlement sur la restauration de la nature», qui vise à remettre en état les écosystèmes dégradés dans l’ensemble de l’Union. L’accord, approuvé par la commission de l’environnement, de la santé publique et de la sécurité alimentaire (ENVI) le 29 novembre 2023, modifie de manière substantielle le texte initialement proposé par la Commission européenne.
Revision of the EU's Waste Shipment Regulation
On 17 November 2021, the European Commission tabled a proposal to revise EU rules on shipments of waste. The proposed regulation seeks to ease shipments of waste for reuse and recycling in the EU, to support the transition to a circular economy; ensure that waste exported from the EU is managed in an environmentally sound manner in the destination countries; and step up enforcement to counteract illegal shipments of waste. While supporting the proposed streamlining and digitalisation of procedures ...
EU nature restoration regulation: Setting binding targets for healthy ecosystems
As announced in the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030, on 22 June 2022 the European Commission tabled a proposal for a nature restoration regulation. The proposed regulation would set multiple binding restoration targets and obligations across a broad range of ecosystems, from forests and agricultural land to urban areas, rivers and marine habitats, complementing other existing legal instruments. Altogether, these nature restoration measures should cover at least 20 % of the EU's land and sea areas ...
Soil monitoring and resilience directive
Currently, there is no EU-wide legislation specifically on soil, although many policy instruments relevant to soil protection are in place. Under the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030, part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission presented a new EU soil strategy for 2030, with the aim of having all EU soil ecosystems in a healthy condition by 2050. To achieve this objective, on 5 July 2023 it tabled a proposal for a soil monitoring and resilience directive, laying down measures for monitoring ...
Sustainable use of plant protection products
Under the farm to fork strategy, part of the European Green Deal, the EU has set itself a double target: a 50 % reduction in the overall use of and risk from chemical plant protection products, and a 50 % reduction in the use of more hazardous ones by 2030. The proposal for a regulation tabled by the European Commission on 22 June 2022, which would replace the 2009 sustainable use directive, would require Member States to contribute collectively to achieving these EU-wide targets through the adoption ...
Utilisation durable des produits phytopharmaceutiques
En novembre, le Parlement votera sur le rapport adopté par sa commission de l’environnement, de la santé publique et de la sécurité alimentaire (ENVI) sur une proposition visant à réduire de 50 % l’utilisation et les risques de pesticides chimiques dans l’Union d’ici à 2030. Le texte, tel qu’il a été adopté en plénière, constituera la position du Parlement pour les négociations avec le Conseil, qui doit encore convenir d’une position.