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- Net-Zero Industry Act - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 27 May 2024, 22:50 CET
- The EU Council gave the final adoption of the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) on 27 May, which puts the EU on track to strengthen its domestic manufacturing capacities of key clean technologies.
- Revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 12 April 2024, 22:04 CET
- The EU Council formally adopted on 12 April a revised directive on the energy performance of buildings. The directive will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy poverty in the EU.
- Changing protection status of the wolf under Bern Convention - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 14 January 2024, 22:57 CET
- The European Commission tabled on 20 December a proposal for a Council Decision to adapt the protection status of the wolf under the international Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, to which the EU and its Member States are parties.
- Animal Welfare in transport - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 07 December 2023, 21:49 CET
- The European Commission proposed on 7 December an overhaul of EU animal welfare rules during transport. improve the wellbeing of the 1.6 billion animals transported in and from the EU each year. The new rules reflect the latest scientific evidence and insights as well as technological developments.
- Launch of the Innovation Fund 2023 Call for Projects - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 23 November 2023, 17:20 CET
- The European Commission on 23 November opened the Innovation Fund's 2023 call for proposals with a record budget of EUR 4 billion to support the deployment of innovative decarbonisation technologies.
- Forest Monitoring Law - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 22 November 2023, 22:54 CET
- The European Commission proposing on 22 November a Forest Monitoring Law that will plug existing gaps in the information on European forests and create a comprehensive forest knowledge base, to allow Member States, forest owners and forest managers to improve their response to growing pressures on forests and strengthen forest resilience.
- Renewal of the approval of glyphosate - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 16 November 2023, 23:14 CET
- EU Member States on 16 November did not reach the required qualified majority to renew or reject the approval of glyphosate during a vote at the Appeal Committee. In line with EU legislation and in the absence of the required majority in either direction, the Commission is now obliged to adopt a decision before 15 December 2023 when the current approval period expires.
- European Wind Power Package - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 24 October 2023, 23:23 CET
- The European Commission presented on 24 October a European Wind Power Action Plan to ensure that the clean energy transition goes hand-in-hand with industrial competitiveness and that wind power continues to be a European success story.
- Measures to reduce microplastic pollution from plastic pellets - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 16 October 2023, 23:52 CET
- The European Commission proposed on 16 October for the first time measures to prevent microplastic pollution from the unintentional release of plastic pellets.
- Sustainable transport, infrastructure and fuels - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 09 October 2023, 22:02 CET
- The revised Renewable Energy Directive and the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation were adopted on 9 October, meaning the EU now has legally binding climate targets covering all key sectors of the economy.
- Restriction to intentionally added microplastics - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 25 September 2023, 23:53 CET
- The European Commission took another major step to protect the environment on 25 September by adopting measures that restrict intentionally added microplastics to products under the EU chemical legislation REACH.
- Adoption of European Sustainability Reporting Standards - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 01 August 2023, 00:51 CET
- The European Commission adopted on 31 July the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for use by all companies subject to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
- EU Commission response to Citizens' Initiative "Save Cruelty-Free Cosmetics - Commit to a Europe without Animal Testing" - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 25 July 2023, 23:38 CET
- The European Commission responded on 25 July to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) 'Save Cruelty-free Cosmetics - Commit to a Europe without Animal Testing'. The response provides a comprehensive overview of the EU's legislative and policy framework relevant to the use of animals for testing purposes. It also proposes additional actions to further reduce animal testing.
- EU Missions in Horizon Europe - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 19 July 2023, 22:57 CET
- EU Missions in Horizon Europe have demonstrated their potential to accelerate change. Supported primarily by Horizon Europe funding, they have also connected and supported EU policies and programmes with local action and citizen engagement. They are on track to achieve their ambitious goals by 2030 in critical areas such as adaptation to climate change, improving the life of cancer patients, cleaning up the marine and freshwater ecosystems, making cities climate-neutral, and making soils healthy.
- End-of-Life vehicles - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 13 July 2023, 17:01 CET
- The European Commission proposed on 13 July measures to enhance the circularity of the automotive sector, covering the design, production and end-of-life treatment of vehicles.
- Reducing Food Waste in the EU - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 05 July 2023, 23:37 CET
- The European Commission adopted on 5 July a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources, which will also strengthen the resilience of EU food systems and farming. Part of the package includes measures to reduce food and textile waste, which will contribute to a more efficient use of natural resources and a further reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from these sectors.
- Proposal on New Genomic Techniques - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 05 July 2023, 19:21 CET
- The European Commission adopted on 5 July a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources, which will also strengthen the resilience of EU food systems and farming. A soil monitoring law will put the EU on a pathway to healthy soils by 2050, by gathering data on the health of soils and making it available to farmers and other soil managers. The law also makes sustainable soil management the norm and addresses situations of unacceptable health and environment risks due to soil contamination. The proposals will also boost innovation and sustainability, by enabling the safe use of technical progress in new genomic techniques, to enable developing climate-resilient crops and reducing the use of chemical pesticides, and by ensuring more sustainable, high-quality and diverse seeds and reproductive material for plants and forests.
- Directive on Soil Monitoring and Resilience - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 05 July 2023, 19:05 CET
- The European Commission adopted on 5 July a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources, which will also strengthen the resilience of EU food systems and farming.
- EU deforestation Regulation - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 29 June 2023, 18:41 CET
- This document is a working document drafted by the European Commission services intending to provide information to national authorities, EU operators and other stakeholders for the implementation of 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 (referred to in this document as 'the Regulation', 'this Regulation' or "EUDR").
- Wildfires: EU response 2023 - guide by EUbusiness — last modified 30 May 2023, 23:11 CET
- The fire risk in Europe and the rest of the world is expected to continue increasing due to climate change and this wildfire season will likely be increasingly characterised by massive fires that cost lives and burn areas that take longer to fully recover. In 2022 alone, wildfires burnt an area about the size of Montenegro, and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism was activated 10 times to mobilise cross-border firefighting assistance. To be better prepared to support Member States this wildfire season, the EU has doubled its firefighting air capacity.