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16 May 2013

EU 2012 Report on Unsafe Products Just Published

In 2012, 2,278 measures against dangerous non-food products were taken by Member States and reported in the EU Rapid Information system (RAPEX) according[...]

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07 May 2013

Canadian Draft Federal Sustainable Development Strategy 2013-2016

The Sustainable Development Office at Environment Canada has just launched a public consultation on a draft Federal Sustainable Development Strategy for[...]

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07 May 2013

Chemsec - Phase Out of Parabens

The International Chemical Secretariat, ChemSec, has just published a fact sheet on parabens, summarizing the hazards associated with the endocrine[...]

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01 May 2013

CO2 Emissions from New Cars Drop in 2012

Carbon dioxide emissions from new cars continue to decrease in Europe, according to a new report just published by the European Environment Agency (EEA).[...]

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18 April 2013

UK Supplemental Consultation of draft Smart Energy Code

The UK Government has just published today a supplemental consultation on the draft legal text of the Smart Energy Code (SEC) and the Data and[...]

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18 April 2013

EU Agreement on Priority Substances in the Field of Water Policy

The EU Council today endorsed the informal agreement reached with the European Parliament on the directive on priority substances in the field of water[...]

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16 April 2013

European Parliament vote against the Commission's backloading proposal

In November 2012, the EU Commission took the initiative to postpone the auctioning of 900 million allowances from the years 2013-2015 until 2019-2020. It[...]

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18 March 2013

UK Consultation on Aviation Emissions Trading System

The UK Government has just launched a consultation today with regard to the draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2013 .[...]

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06 March 2013

New CLH Public Consultations Launched on 11 Proposals

The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has launched a consultation on 11 harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) proposals, which include eight[...]

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06 March 2013

Australia Consultation on Linking with the EU Emissions Trading System

The Australian Government has just launched a public consultation on registry options to facilitate the linking of the Australian and European Union[...]

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