The European Commission launched a public consultation on the ex-post evaluation of Regulation (EC) No. 166 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR). The E-PRTR is a website which provides easily accessible key environmental data from industrial facilities. It contributes to transparency and public participation in environmental decision-making and provides… [Read more]
Compliance with the EU Environmental Crime Directive
Environmental enforcement capacity remains a major issue throughout the countries of Southeast Europe and Moldova, due largely to weaknesses in monitoring, resource limitations, and the lack of progress in implementing the EU environmental standards that the Environmental Crime Directive seeks to strengthen. This is one of the key conclusions from a report on compliance with… [Read more]
Record breaking number of EU citizens call to protect nature
520,325 people called on the European Commission to save Europe’s nature laws in a public consultation – by far the highest number of responses ever reached in the history of the EU. The public consultation formally closed at midnight on Sunday, July 26. In May, major environmental organisations launched the ‘Nature Alert’ campaign in response… [Read more]
New Study Published: ‘Soil and Water in a Changing Environment’
The study ‘Soil and Water in a Changing Environment‘ (June 2014), carried out on behalf of the Environment Directorate-General of the European Commission, gathers information on the dynamics between soil and water, focusing particularly on soil water retention (SWR). Soil water retention capacity can be defined as the capacity of the soil to capture, store and/or… [Read more]
Expert meeting on inspection requirements in EU environmental legislation
On 9 and 10 October 2014, an expert meeting on inspection requirements in EU environmental legislation will be held in Lisbon. The meeting, hosted by the Portuguese General Inspectorate for the Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning, is part of the project ‘Make it Work’. The project is an initiative of The Netherlands (Ministry of… [Read more]
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