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Stratospheric ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun and reduces the overall amount of radiation reaching the Earth's surface. Ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are human-made chemicals that, once emitted, reach the upper atmosphere and destroy the protective ozone layer, causing what is known as the ozone hole. They have significant adverse impacts on human health and the environment and are also greenhouse gases with high global warming potential. Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 on substances ...

Unter die Richtlinie über Industrieemissionen fallen EU-weit etwa 52 000 große Agrar- und Industrieanlagen. Sie ist das wichtigste EU-Instrument zur Regulierung industrieller Schadstoffemissionen. Mit dem am 5. April 2022 von der Kommission vorgelegten Vorschlag zur Überarbeitung soll die Richtlinie mit dem Null-Schadstoff-Ziel der EU und ihren Zielen in den Bereichen Energie, Klima und Kreislaufwirtschaft nach dem europäischen Grünen Deal in Einklang gebracht werden. Zu den wichtigsten Änderungen ...

The European Green Deal envisages a review of measures addressing pollution from large industrial installations, with a view to aligning existing legislation with the EU's zero pollution ambition, and energy, climate and circular economy policy goals. On 5 April 2022, the European Commission tabled a proposal to revise the Industrial Emissions Directive, the main European Union instrument regulating pollutant emissions from industry, together with a proposal to revise the Regulation establishing ...

On 17 November 2021, the European Commission tabled a proposal to revise EU rules on shipments of waste. The proposed regulation seeks to ease shipments of waste for reuse and recycling in the EU, to support the transition to a circular economy; ensure that waste exported from the EU is managed in an environmentally sound manner in the destination countries; and step up enforcement to counteract illegal shipments of waste. While supporting the proposed streamlining and digitalisation of procedures ...

Directive 94/62/EC aims to harmonise national measures concerning the management of packaging and packaging waste. The objective is to protect the environment and ensure the proper functioning of the internal market. In 2018, the directive was revised, and more ambitious targets for recycling of packaging waste were set for EU Member States to achieve by 2025 and 2030 (for instance, by the end of 2030, at least 70 % by weight of all packaging waste will have to be recycled). Article 9(5) of the directive ...

The IA defines the problem, its drivers and the need to revise the 2009 Ozone Regulation convincingly. It appears to be well substantiated and based on extensive public consultations and recent data, the supporting study and the evaluation of the 2009 regulation. However, the IA could have referenced the data more effectively and provided links to all public sources. The measures identified as feasible are explained with reference to stakeholders' opinions, feasibility and proportionality, while ...

This briefing provides an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) accompanying the above-mentioned proposal for a revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), and the proposal for a revision of the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation, submitted on 5 April 2022 and referred to the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee of the European Parliament. With the adoption of the European ...

Die Verordnung (EU) 2019/1021 über persistente organische Schadstoffe (POP-Verordnung) zielt darauf ab, die Herstellung und Verwendung dieser Schadstoffe und ihre Freisetzung in Luft, Wasser und Boden zu unterbinden oder einzuschränken und Abfälle, die sie enthalten oder damit verunreinigt sind, zu regulieren. Mit der POP-Verordnung werden die Verpflichtungen der EU aus internationalen Rechtsakten wie dem Stockholmer Übereinkommen über persistente organische Schadstoffe umgesetzt. Am 28. Oktober ...

The IA convincingly illustrates the identified problems, although their scale is not always supported by estimates, or the source of some of the estimates is not provided. When discussing how the situation would evolve without further action, the IA neither discusses the evolution of each problem identified nor any other existing or upcoming EU initiatives that could lead to improvements. The general objectives appear to be consistent with the problems identified, and the specific objectives comply ...

Batterien sind für die Energiewende in der EU von entscheidender Bedeutung. Im Dezember 2020 legte die Kommission einen Vorschlag zur Modernisierung des Rechtsrahmens für Batterien und zur Sicherung der Nachhaltigkeit und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Wertschöpfungsketten von Batterien in der EU vor. Die vorgeschlagenen neuen Vorschriften decken den gesamten Lebenszyklus von Batterien, von der Gestaltung bis zur Entsorgung, ab. Das Europäische Parlament wird voraussichtlich auf seiner März-I-Plenartagung ...