Mercury: Aligning EU legislation with Minamata
The United Nations' Minamata Convention on mercury was agreed in 2013 with a view to protecting human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. Although mercury use has declined significantly in recent decades, mercury released into the air, water and land remains a serious threat to human health and the environment. Once emitted into the air or water, mercury can travel over long distances, which makes it a global problem. Current EU policy bans exports of mercury, provides for the storage of mercury waste, restricts the use of mercury in various products and seeks to address pollution caused by it. However, there are some regulatory gaps between EU legislation and the Minamata Convention. The European Commission has recently submitted a legislative proposal aiming to align this legislation with the Convention in view of its ratification. The rapporteur for the European Parliament's Committee for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) has presented his draft report on the proposal. The deadline for submission of amendments is 13 July 2016. A more recent edition of this document is available. Find it by searching by the document title at this address: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/home.html
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- COMERŢ
- comerţ internaţional
- convenție ONU
- degradarea mediului înconjurător
- depozitarea deșeurilor
- DREPT
- drept internaţional
- Dreptul UE - dreptul internațional
- dreptul Uniunii Europene
- elaborarea legislației UE
- INDUSTRIE
- medicină dentară
- MEDIU ÎNCONJURĂTOR
- mercur
- metalurgie şi siderurgie
- măsuri pentru controlul poluării
- politica mediului înconjurător
- politică internaţională
- poluare cu metale
- PROBLEME SOCIALE
- RELAŢII INTERNAŢIONALE
- restricție de export
- restricție de import
- sănătate
- UNIUNEA EUROPEANĂ