Month: June 2019

A useful tool for a Brussels lobbyist

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As a lobbyist, I try and spend a lot of my time outside the office. It’s hard to influence decision makers from an internal meeting.  I’ve been looking for a system that quickly and easily takes my meeting notes and writes them up for me. The software is advancing. I used to use a dictaphone … Read more

A flight plan for ATP

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  A chemical lobbyist will spend a lot of their time dealing with updates to the ATP. I’ve taken the timeline for one substance – Formaldehyde – that was part of the 6thATP. I’ve detailed the long journey as I think it is a good case study for these reasons: First, it is a regular … Read more

A flight plan for a delegated act

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I am drafting some short case studies on the steps of the journey a piece of legislation goes through from beginning to end. It’s useful to have a good map of the journey. This example looks at the exemptions given under the RoHS Directive. It’s a piece of legislation I know well. It’s an example … Read more

A flight plan for a long flight – a case study of the waste directive

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“The race is not to the swift … but time and chance happen to them all” Ecclesiastes 9:11  As you set off on your legislative journey, things may come out of no-where and delay you. The adoption of Directive (EU) 2018/851 on waste was not swift or certain.  Unexpected political disruptions sidelined the proposal, to see … Read more