Comitology

Objection on the Commission delegated regulation of 26 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the criteria for the designation of antimicrobials to be reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans (link) Rapporteurs: Martin Häusling (Verts/ALE) Delegated act Vote: 12 July Vote: For 38, Against … Read more

On 12 July, the Environment Committee considered the challenge by Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA – Germany) to the delegated act on establishing the criteria for the designation of antimicrobials to be reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans The challenge was carried with 38 for, 18 against, and 22 abstentions. Link The plenary will … Read more

Updated 8 July On 6 July, the full Parliament backed the GMO challenges by large majorities. __________________________________________________________________________________ On Monday 21 June, the Environment Committee debated five challenges – four on authorisation for GMOs (that passed)  and one on animal feed (that did not pass). You can find the results and a video of the final … Read more

I’ve been crunching some numbers with Vote Watch Europe’s new comitology section. From 1 January 2018 to 12 June 2021, the EU has adopted a lot of secondary legislation: 495 delegated acts (Source Register of delegated and implementing acts) 2861 Comitology votes (implementing acts and RPS measures) (source VoteWatch)   Chance to Block The chance … Read more