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Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment

Opinion
Adopted on 27/04/2021
Reference: 
NAT/807-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 667 final COM(2020) 667 final
Rapporteur: 
Maria NIKOLOPOULOU (Workers - GR II/Spain), Maria NIKOLOPOULOU (Workers - GR II/Spain) (Workers - GR II / Spain)
Co-rapporteur: 
John COMER (Diversity Europe - GR III/Ireland), John COMER (Diversity Europe - GR III/Ireland) (Diversity Europe - GR III/Ireland)
Plenary session: 
560 -
Apr 27, 2021 Apr 28, 2021

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. 

EESC opinion: Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment

Evaluation on the CAP's impact on territorial development of rural areas (Information report)

Opinion
Adopted on 27/04/2021
Reference: 
NAT/806-EESC-2020
Rapporteur: 
Piroska KÁLLAY (Workers - GR II / Hungary)
Plenary session: 
560 -
Apr 27, 2021 Apr 28, 2021

The Commission is undertaking a series of evaluations of the Common Agricultural Policy for the timeframe 2014-2020, assessing performance against the CAP's general objectives. Since the evaluation targets CAP socioeconomic impacts, representing a wide-ranging scope, the EESC provided a complementary evaluation focusing on five countries whose selection has been made together with the Commission in order to maximise complementarity and added value to the EC evaluation.

Information report: Evaluation on the CAP's impact on territorial development of rural areas (Information report)

Evaluation on Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (Information report)

Opinion
Adopted on 27/04/2021
Reference: 
NAT/805-EESC-2020
Rapporteur: 
José Manuel ROCHE RAMO (Diversity Europe - GR III / Spain)
Plenary session: 
560 -
Apr 27, 2021 Apr 28, 2021

The SUD can play a central role in the European Green Deal framework, being crucial to the Commission's Farm-to-Fork strategy for shifting to a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system, and complementary to both the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Zero Pollution Strategy.

Information report: Evaluation on Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (Information report)

Equivalence of EU and UK rules on field inspections and checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species

Opinion
Adopted on 27/01/2021
Reference: 
NAT/814-EESC-2021-EESC-2021-00188-00-00-PAC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2020) 853 final 2020/0379 CODCOM(2020) 853 final 2020/0379 COD
Plenary session: 
557 -
Jan 27, 2021 Jan 28, 2021

EESC opinion: Equivalence of EU and UK rules on field inspections and checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species

Seed equivalence - Ukraine

Opinion
Adopted on 18/09/2020
Reference: 
NAT/793-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 137 final 2020/0053 COD
Rapporteur: 
Arnold PUECH d'ALISSAC (Employers - GR I / France)

The national provisions governing seed harvested and controlled in those countries afford the same assurances as the provisions applicable to seed harvested and controlled within the European Union as regards the seed's characteristics and the arrangements for :

  • its examination;
  • ensuring seed identification;
  • marking;
  • control.

Ukraine has submitted a request that its cereal seed is covered by Council Decision 2003/17/EC as equivalent.

EESC opinion: Seed equivalence - Ukraine

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)

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)

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

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