Comitology

Challenging delegated acts – an update

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It’s time to take a deeper dive into the successful challenges to delegated acts (link). The Commission’s register of delegated acts makes the job a lot easier. The creaking comitology register makes the job a lot harder. The Council launched five successful challenges, and the European Parliament ten. In the same time, 814 delegated acts … Read more

Lessons in Comitology – Challenges in relation to chemicals

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Just before the new European Parliament starts work, it’s a good time to look at the successful challenges to secondary legislation dealing with chemicals by the European Parliament. I have looked at five successful challenges in the last Parliament:  four REACH Authorisations and one RoHS exemption. The Council did not raise any objections on secondary … 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

The first casualty of Brexit – better regulation

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The attention of the Commission’s leadership is rightfully focused on Brexit. Whilst their focus is diverted,  some inside the Commission may see an opportunity to push through their agendas, and bypass the controls of inter-service consultation.   The Principle of Collegiality Interservice consultation acts as a mechanism to enforce the principle of collegiality. It ensures … Read more