Comitology

Update Today, 10 July, the full Parliament did not back the Environment Committee’s objection.     Today, 8 June, the Environment Committee held an exchange of views on an objection to the authorisation of chromium trioxide. The Environment Committee voted in favour of the objection with: 38 votes in favour, 35 against, and 3 abstentions. … Read more

Yesterday, 28 May 2020, the Environment Committee debated and voted an objection to renewing the approval for the pesticide pyriproxyfen. The objection was tabled by Joëlle Mélin (ID). The challenge was to an implementing act. The motion was supported by the ID and GUE. The other groups objected. Mélin’s framing of the objection is interesting. The … Read more

There are over 40 pieces of EU legislation dealing with chemical substances. The legislation is managed by different Commission departments (ENV, GROW, SANTE, Employment), and different agencies (ECHA, EFSA). The procedures substances go through vary. Most go through secondary legislation – either delegated acts, implementing acts, and many still go through the regulatory procedure with scrutiny … Read more

On 14 May 2020, the full Parliament voted against the Commission’s implementing acts to authorise a GMO soybean. The numbers were 477 votes for, 181 against, with 23 abstentions.   The text was first tabled on 28 January 2020. The Environment Committee debated the challenge 3 February 2020 and voted on 13 February. Objection pursuant … Read more