I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Comitology challenges in 2023 You can look at other years here and here. The ENVI Committee met 23 times in 2023. During this time, the Committee considered 19 challenges to implementing acts, delegated acts, and RPS measures. As in previous years, the challenges were centred around a few issues: GMOs, pesticides, and MRLs. Below, you … Read more
Sometime tomorrow, 20 February, a new Delegated Act will be published. amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as regards hazard classes and criteria for the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures I will add the final text tomorrow. I thought I’d take a quiet Sunday to try and recreate the key dates from my … Read more
I remember folklore children’s tales making the point that lawmaking should be public. Draft laws were posted in the town square giving all – peasants, traders and rich – the opportunity to give feedback. It is something I wish the Commission adopted. Most EU laws don’t benefit from public feedback. In tandem with this, … Read more
Re-watching the EP’s Environment Committee Exchange of Views on the reform of CLP and REACH (16 May 2022), I was struck by the concerns raised by two members, Arena (S&D) and Hazekamp (Left) on the use of comitology. Patrick Child’s (DG ENV) reply is worth listening to. It will be interesting to see how the … Read more