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Revision of the tobacco taxation Directive

Valmisteilla (updated on 04/04/2023)
Viite: 
ECO/605-EESC
Rapporteur: 
Matteo Carlo BORSANI (Employers - GR I / Italy)
Co-rapporteur: 
Małgorzata Anna BOGUSZ (Diversity Europe - GR III/Poland)
Täysistunto: 
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Oct 25, 2023 Oct 26, 2023

In 2021 the European Commission announced the revision of the Council Directive 2011/64/EU on the excise rules for tobacco. In the inception impact assessment, the EC stated that there are areas of weakness and ambiguity in the current legal arrangements which give rise to market distortions, legal uncertainty and can also hinder the detection and prevention of fraud. The review will ensure that the rules remain fit for the purpose and improve the proper functioning of the internal market, and a high level of health protection. The policy changes focus on:

Green claims

Valmisteilla (updated on 04/04/2023)
Viite: 
INT/969-EESC
Referral: 
COM(2023) 166 final 2023/0085 COD
Rapporteur: 
Angelo PAGLIARA (Workers - GR II / Italy)
Täysistunto: 
579 -
Jun 14, 2023 Jun 15, 2023

This initiative will require companies to substantiate claims they make about the environmental footprint of their products/services by using standard methods for quantifying them. The aim is to make the claims reliable, comparable and verifiable across the EU – reducing ‘greenwashing’.

Revision of textile labelling Regulation

Valmisteilla (updated on 31/03/2023)
Viite: 
INT/1025-EESC-EESC-2023-01010-00-00-AC-TRA
Rapporteur: 
Antje GERSTEIN (Employers - GR I / Germany)
Täysistunto: 
580 -
Jul 12, 2023 Jul 13, 2023

The EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles announced the review of the Textile Labelling Regulation. As part of this review, the Strategy mentions the possibility to introduce mandatory disclosure of types of information other than those already included in the current Regulation, such as sustainability and circularity parameters, products’ size and, where applicable, the country where manufacturing processes take place (‘made in’). The opinion will explore the different options to expand the scope of the Textile Labelling Regulation, including parameters on sustainability and circularity in coherence with current legislative proposals linked to traceability.

Measures to reduce child obesity

Valmisteilla (updated on 29/03/2023)
Viite: 
NAT/890-EESC
Rapporteur: 
Josep PUXEU ROCAMORA (Employers - GR I / Spain)
Co-rapporteur: 
Isabel CAÑO AGUILAR (Workers - GR II/Spain)
Täysistunto: 
580 -
Jul 12, 2023 Jul 13, 2023

This exploratory opinion will be an opportunity to follow up on the EESC work on sustainable food systems, address the causes of obesity as the social determinant of health and provide recommendations for promoting healthier and sustainable diets, healthy lifestyle habits and protection of vulnerable children to feed into the work of the Spanish presidency.

Cooperation on youth

Valmisteilla (updated on 27/03/2023)
Viite: 
SOC/759-EESC
Rapporteur: 
Nicoletta MERLO (Workers - GR II / Italy)
Täysistunto: 
579 -
Jun 14, 2023 Jun 15, 2023

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