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The EU needs to improve its Emissions Trading System (ETS) and other policies to help its transition towards an economy less dependent on carbon, says a non-legislative report adopted by the Environment Committee on Tuesday.
Medical devices such as silicone breast implants, should be subject to stricter controls and better traceability, said MEPs and European Commission representatives at an Environment and Public Health Committee meeting this morning.
Lielākā daļa veco ledusskapju, telefonu un citu elektrisko/elektronisko iekārtu atkritumu Eiropā būs jāsavāc un jāpārstrādā, ceturtdien nolēma Parlaments, apstiprinot mērķus, par kuriem tas jau vienojies ar Padomi. Atviegloti savākšanas koeficienti piemēroti Latvijai un vēl deviņām dalībvalstīm, kam nav atbilstošas infrastruktūras un ir zemāks elektrisko un elektronisko iekārtu patēriņš.
Parlaments šodien nobalsoja par stingrāku kontroles ieviešanu biocīdiem — odu atbaidīšanas, žurku indēšanas, dezinfekcijas u.c. līdzekļiem. Jauno noteikumu mērķis ir palielināt cilvēku veselības un vides aizsardzību, vienlaikus saskaņojot dalībvalstu procedūras pārdošanas atļauju izsniegšanai.
Emissions Trading System (ETS) credits should be taken out of the next phase of trading to help lift the sinking carbon price, said Environment Committee MEPs on Tuesday. MEPs also voted on measures aiming to get the EU on track to meet its 20% energy efficiency target by 2020.
Veļas pulverim un trauku mašīnās lietojamajiem mazgāšanas līdzekļiem turpmāk vairs tikpat kā nedrīkstēs pievienot fosforu, trešdienas balsojumā nolēma Eiropas Parlaments, apstiprinot regulas grozījumus ar mērķi aizsargāt dzīvos organismus Eiropas Savienības ūdenstecēs un jūrās.
Eiropas Parlaments trešdien apstiprināja jaunus, patērētajiem draudzīgus iepakojuma marķēšanas noteikumus augļu sulām un nektāriem. To mērķis ir nepieļaut iespējami maldinošus nosaukumus sulām, kas pagatavotas no vairāku veidu augļiem, vai maldināt patērētājus ar apgalvojumu, ka sulai "nav pievienots cukurs".
The agreement reached at UN climate talks in Durban is a breakthrough that must be followed by firm action, says Jo Leinen (S&D, DE), Chair of the EU Parliament delegation to the summit (COP 17).
The European Parliament is calling for a binding global deal on climate change to be agreed by 2015. The "ping pong blame game" between the US and China is holding up progress towards this deal and must come to end, said Jo Leinen (S&D, DE), Chair of the EP delegation to the UN climate change summit in Durban (South Africa) on Wednesday.