Comitology

Yesterday, the full Parliament held one of the rare pure-play comitology challenges.   Result: Vote 177 for, 434 against, and 39 abstentions. There was no roll call so we won’t get a break down as how each MEP voted. Case Study It was a rare vote. First, it is the second case when a challenge … Read more

Today, the ECR re-tabled their objection to the listing of TiO2 in the 14th ATP. The vote will in the full Parliament on 30 January 2020. This is a rare case when an objection that’s been defeated at the Committee stage is re-tabled at the plenary.  See here for the vote in the Environment Committee. … Read more

The full Parliament will vote on Environment Committee backed challenge on Wednesday 12 February. This will be a precedent-setting challenge to a proposed REACH Restriction. If the EP blocks the proposed Restriction, both the Commission and ECHA are going face some difficult choices.   Update (21/1/20) This morning (21 January 2020) the Environment Committee backed … Read more

On 2 & 3 December, the Environment Committee considered four objections to secondary legislation.   Observations   The trend of more than than one group to succeed is needed continues. The similarity of the language across political groups except for the ECR becomes more noticeable. The positions that a few years would have been considered … Read more