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The EU is updating its rules for the world's most lasting and polluting chemicals. The Council today agreed its position on the recast regulation on persistent organic pollutants, the UN-agreed list of highly toxic substances. Since 2004, the production, use and trade of these substances has been progressively banned and a 'name and shame system' put in place to sanction those infringing the rules.
Today's agreement paves the way for the Austrian presidency to begin negotiations with the European Parliament.
The recast proposal will ensure alignment of the regulation with the Lisbon Treaty, and with the latest amendments to the Stockholm Convention, which provides the global legal framework to eliminate the production, use, import and export of persistent organic pollutants. Several amendments improve the alignment of the regulation with the general EU legislation on chemicals. As a result of the changes, there will be more clarity, transparency and increased legal certainty for all parties involved in the implementation of the regulation.CONTINUE READING ON www.consilium.europa.eu
In 2015 the Oregon legislature passed the Toxic Free Kids Act. The law requires manufacturers who make children’s products to report when their products contain toxic chemicals that are scientifically linked to health impacts in kids. Three years later, we finally have a glimpse into the range of toxic chemicals in kid’s products. Manuf...
On December 6, 2018, EPA published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for public comment. The proposed rule seeks to harmonize EPA-specific human subjects research regulations with the revised Common Rule that goes into effect on January 21, 2019. EPA and other participating federal agencies follow the Commo...
The European Parliament and Council yesterday reached a provisional agreement on a Directive on port reception facilities for the delivery and processing of waste from ships. This was based on a Commission proposal of January 2018 part of the European strategy to reduce plastic waste. Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Mobility and ...
Yesterday, Member States representatives endorsed the EU institutions' political agreement on new EU rules on fertilisers proposed by the Commission in 2016. The agreement, which is a key deliverable of the 2015 Circular Economy Action Plan, will facilitate the access of organic and waste-based fertilisers to the EU Single Market and introduce...
Member States backed the Commission's proposal for a set of measures that enhance the level of plant protection in the EU. At a Committee meeting in Brussels, experts from all EU countries approved a high-risk plants list, which includes 39 high-risk plants (35 plants for planting, 1 fruit, 1 vegetable and 1 wood). The purpose of the list is to ens...
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