The amount of ‘super-greenhouse’ hydrofluorocarbon gases (HFCs) placed on the EU market remained below the limit allowed under regulations for the third consecutive year, according to the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases 2019 report of the European Environment Agency (EEA Report No 20/2019). The EEA data report that HFC consumption fell 38% in the EU in 2018,… [Read more]
Commission guidance document on streamlining environmental impact assessments
In order to promote the application of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (EIA), a new guidance document was issued by the Commission. The document, which is not binding, aids authorities on streamlining the procedures as laid down in the EIA and focuses on certain steps of the EIA procedure and identifies ways of streamlining different environmental… [Read more]