SUSTAINABILITY

• Businesseurope: Overburdensome reporting requirements will not advance sustainability goals
• Managing Director’s Remarks at the Sina Finance 2022 ESG Global Leaders’ Summit
• Latest documents published by EFRAG
• Programme for EFRAG, BusinessEurope and EuropeanIssuers joint outreach event on EFRAG EDs on draft ESRS
• Academics with corporate reporting expertise to apply for academic fellowship at EFRAG by 15 July 2022
• Rescheduled EFRAG ESRS workshops on Sector Specific Sustainability Reporting Standards: Insurance, Sales and Trade and Motor vehicles
• EFRAG, BETTER FINANCE, BEUC, EFFAS and Finance Watch joint outreach event on EFRAG Exposure Drafts on Draft ESRS
• EFRAG, BETTER FINANCE, BEUC and Finance Watch joint outreach event on EFRAG Exposure Drafts on Draft ESRS

CARCINOGENS

• Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: EU Commission proposes to prohibit flavoured heated tobacco products

FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS

• EVALUATION of the legislation on Food Contact Materials – Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004
• ST 10700 2022 ADD 1 COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE EVALUATION of the legislation on Food Contact Materials – Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004
• ST 10700 2022 ADD 2 REGULATORY SCRUTINY BOARD OPINION – Evaluation of the legislation on food contact materials Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004
• ST 10700 2022 INIT COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT – EVALUATION of the legislation on food contact materials – Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

• Kreislaufwirtschaft: Ab Juli müssen Supermärkte alte Handys, Taschenlampen und Elektrorasierer zurücknehmen – BMUV und Stiftung Elektro-Altgeräte Register

BIOBASED INDUSTRIES

• Apply now to the call for proposals on Circular Biobased Industries

OCEAN CONFERENCE

• A visionary ‘blue transformation’ strategy to enhance underwater food systems
• WMO: Ocean heat, deoxygenation and acidification are “alarming”

EU HEALTH UNION

• Innovative Health Initiative launches its first calls for proposals

EU COUNCIL REGISTER

• ST 10212 2022 COR 1 EU Digital COVID Certificate Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/953 on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/954 on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) with regard to third-country nationals legally staying or residing in the territories of Member States during the COVID-19 pandemic analysis of the final compromise text with a view to agreement
• CM 3719 2022 REV 1 Groupe “Forêts”
• CM 3784 2022 INIT Working Party on the Environment
• CM 3737 2022 INIT Informal videoconference of the members of the Working Party on International Environment Issues (Whaling) (morning only)
• ST 10828 2022 INIT COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Union submission to the 79th session of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee suggesting a new output on the biennial agenda of the Pollution Prevention and Response Sub-Committee for the revision of MARPOL Annex II
• ST 10284 2022 INIT Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 General approach
• ST 10783 2022 ADD 1 Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 General approach Statement
• ST 9895 2022 INIT Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste and amending Regulations (EU) No 1257/2013 and (EU) No 2020/1056. Report: state of play

EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER

• At a Glance – What if we sequenced all human genomes? – PE 729.532 – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

EU COMMISSION REGISTER

• COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) …/ amending Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the withdrawal of certain exemptions in respect of heated tobacco products
• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods to authorise certain national derogations
• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize DP4114 × MON 810 × MIR604 × NK603 and genetically modified maize combining two or three of the single events DP4114, MON 810, MIR604 and NK603, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

ECHA BRIEFS

• Consultation on SEAC’s draft opinion on restricting lead in outdoor shooting and fishing – respond by 29 August

EFSA BRIEFS

• COMMISSION OPINION on the draft Programming document 2023-2025 of the European Food Safety Authority
• GP/EFSA/ALPHA/2022/06: Priority pests: data and evidence collection in support to the pest specific assessments
• Pest categorisation of Fusarium pseudograminearum
• Guidelines for reporting Whole Genome Sequencing‐based typing data through the EFSA One Health WGS System
• 154th plenary meeting of the GMO Panel – Open for observers
• Safety of freeze‐dried mycelia of Antrodia camphorata as a novel food pursuant to regulation (EU) 2015/2283
• Safety assessment of the process Cajas y Palets en una Economia Circular (CAPEC), used to recycle high‐density polyethylene and polypropylene crates for use as food contact materials

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