The European Commission have launched a consultation on the 7th Environment Action Programme. It runs until 01 June and the Commission is expected to publish legislative proposals in the Autumn.
IMPEL responded to the consultation via an open letter. Please visit the Library part of IMPEL’s website to see that letter.
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The European Commission published a Communication on Wednesday 07 March in response to a December 2010 Environment Council request that member states and the Commission enhance and improve the implementation and enforcement of EU environment legislation. The Communication focuses on knowledge about the state of the environment and how to tackle challenges on the ground. The Commission says that better access [...]...
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The High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens published a report called: ”Europe can do more” on best practice in Member States to implement EU legislation in the least burdensome way on 21 February 2012. The report lists 74 best practice examples – including initiatives on e-government, on intelligent solutions in particular for small businesses, direct stakeholder [...]...
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It was announced on Monday that the new Chair of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee would be German S&D MEP, Matthias Groote. Other changes of relevance for IMPEL is the change to the Chair of the Industry Committee who will now be Amalia Sartori (EPP, Italy).
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A European Commission press release says that: “Full implementation of EU waste legislation would save €72 billion a year, increase the annual turnover of the EU waste management and recycling sector by €42 billion and create over 400,000 jobs by 2020″. This is the conclusion of a report published by the European Commission on the [...]...
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European Voice: Collection rate to rise to 85% by 2019. National governments approved a deal on legislation to increase the recovery of electronic waste.
For the full story please go to the European Voice website.
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