I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
It’s been a busy week for anyone interested in European Chemical Policy. On 4 May, the Commission published the inception impact assessment for the revision of CLP, and on the 5 May, the inception impact assessment for the revision of REACH. So you may have missed this. On Friday evening, DG Environment published a’Targeted stakeholder … Read more
Yesterday, 23 March, 2020,the European Court of Auditors outlined their findings on Europe’s marine environment. If you want to get a good idea of what happens when EU policies go wrong, have a look at fisheries and the marine environment policies. Europe has a policy on the marine environment. We even have laws in place … Read more
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has discussed European Chemical Policy 7 times since they first met on 10 July 2019. This Committee is going to take the lead in the revision of Europe’s Chemical policy. This is due to contain 40 legislative proposals. The Environment Committee will lead on co-deciding on many of those proposals. … Read more
The Von der Leyen Commission has rolled out the most ambitious Green Agenda for 20 years. It is an agenda that looks to scale up European ambition at home and abroad. And, it is looking to take action on Europe’s environmental Achilles heel – enforcement. Every new Commission President has some freedom to set their … Read more