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Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment

Opinion
Ongoing (updated on 24/11/2020)
Reference: 
NAT/807-EESC
Referral: 
COM(2020) 667 final COM(2020) 667 final
Rapporteur: 
Maria NIKOLOPOULOU (Workers - GR II / Spain)
Co-rapporteur: 
John COMER (Diversity Europe - GR III/Ireland)

The EU chemicals strategy aims to address the cumulative and combined effects of chemicals, including pesticides, stressing a need to accelerate work on methodologies that ensure existing provisions can be fully implemented.

The strategy is intended as a first step towards a zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment, as announced in the European Green Deal. 

Recovery plan for Europe and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027

Opinion
Adopted on 15/07/2020
Reference: 
ECO/523-EESC-2020-02886-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2020) 441 final 2020/0111 NLECOM(2020) 442 final COM(2020) 442 final COM(2020) 443 final 2018/0166 APPCOM(2020) 443 final 2018/0166 APPCOM(2020) 445 final 2018/0135 CNSCOM(2020) 446 final 2020/0109 APPCOM(2020) 446 final 2020/0109 APPCOM(2020) 456 final COM(2020) 459 final 2018/0224 COD
Rapporteur: 
Petru Sorin DANDEA (Workers - GR II/Romania), Tommaso DI FAZIO (/Italy), Petr ZAHRADNÍK (/Czech Republic) (Workers - GR II / Romania)
Plenary session: 
553 - Jul 16, 2020

The EESC strongly supports the Commission's proposal – Next Generation EU – as a specific tool for a quick and effective recovery.

The EESC takes a very positive view of the Commission's two main decisions:

  1. to introduce an extraordinary financial recovery instrument as part of the multiannual financial framework
  2. to raise common debt, which will be repaid over a long period of time, and prevent the extraordinary financial burden from falling directly on the Member States in the short run.

The EESC strongly welcomes the fact that the newly proposed instrument should be closely coordinated with the European Semester process, and furthermore welcomes the Commission's proposal to introduce additional genuine own resources based on different taxes (revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System, digital taxation, large companies' revenues).

EESC opinion: Recovery plan for Europe and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the year 2021

Opinion
Adopted on 05/05/2020
Reference: 
NAT/780-EESC-2019
Referral: 
COM(2019) 581 final 2019/0254 CODCOM(2019) 581 final 2019/0254 COD
Rapporteur: 
Arnold PUECH d'ALISSAC (Employers - GR I / France)
Plenary session: 
Ses -
May 05, 2020 May 07, 2020

The new CAP comes with significant changes. Transitional rules are needed to ensure a smooth transition from the current to the next CAP period.

EESC opinion: European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the year 2021

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European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the year 2021

Action of the Union following its accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications

Opinion
Adopted on 12/12/2018
Reference: 
INT/873-EESC-2018-04953-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 365 final 2018/0189 COD
Rapporteur: 
Arnold PUECH d'ALISSAC (Employers - GR I / France)

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the action of the Union following its accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications

EESC opinion: Action of the Union following its accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications

Recast of Regulation 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Opinion
Adopted on 11/07/2018
Reference: 
NAT/719-EESC-2018-1688
Referral: 
COM(2018) 144 final 2018/0070 CODCOM(2018) 144 final 2018/0070 COD
Rapporteur: 
Brian CURTIS (United Kingdom)

Persistent organic pollutants ("POPs") are chemical substances that persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk to human health and the environment.

The aim of this proposal for a regulation is that the Commission has identified needs to update and recast the existing regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants that dates back to 2004.

EESC opinion: Recast of Regulation 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Action Plan for nature, people and the economy (communication)

Opinion
Adopted on 06/12/2017
Reference: 
NAT/717-EESC-2017-03013-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2017) 198 final
Rapporteur: 
Lutz RIBBE (Diversity Europe - GR III / Germany)

This EESC opinion intends to look deeper into the merits and the consequences of the Commission's Action Plan for nature, people and the economy.

The Commission has developed an action plan to improve the implementation of the Nature Directives, their coherence with socio-economic objectives and engagement with national, regional and local authorities, stakeholders and citizens.

 

 

EESC opinion: Action Plan for nature, people and the economy (communication)

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