Commissione per l'ambiente, la sanità pubblica e la sicurezza alimentare

On 25 January, from 16.45-18.45, the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will jointly organise a public hearing on the impact of the Farm to Fork Strategy.

The ENVI Committee invited the authors of the Policy Department study “The relation between different zoonotic pandemics and the livestock sector” to present the study’s main findings at a meeting that took place on 16 December in Strasbourg.

ENVI members will meet on 13 January and exchange on the draft report on CO2 emissions from cars. Members will also debate the package of measures presented by the Commission on 17 December to address frictions in the supply of medicines from Great Britain, in particular with respect to Northern Ireland. Members will furthermore consider the draft opinion on Artificial Intelligence and debate the EU policy with respect to the Arctic as well as the health impacts of the 5G technology.

On 16 December 2021, Bas Eickhout presented his draft opinion on the Green Bonds proposal in ENVI. The draft opinion aims to address the issue of green bonds and the risk of greenwashing, the role of external reviewers to verify pre and post-issuance information, auditing obligations for issuers and the alignment with the Taxonomy regulation. The ENVI Committee will vote on the opinion on 10 February 2022 whilst the vote in ECON is expected for 31 March 2022.