Comment and analysis by Reed Smith lawyers on the latest developments in Environmental Health & Safety
Within the last few days, the European Commission has opened the ‘public consultation’ stage of its evaluation of the law relating to both electromagnetic compatibility and packaging waste.
Although the EMC Directive was implemented fairly recently, it largely incorporated its predecessor directive without any major amendments. As…
The European Commission has opened a consultation on a potential legislative proposal on substantiating green claims made when advertising and marketing products. The proposals are intended to implement one aspect of the European Green Deal which states, among other things, that “Companies making ‘green claims’ should substantiate these against a standard methodology to assess their…
On 14 September 2020, the European Commission published its “Sustainable Products Initiative”, which aims to revise the existing Ecodesign Directive in order to meet the product sustainability objectives set out in the Circular Economy Action Plan.
The Circular Economy Action Plan seeks to make products fit for a climate neutral, resource efficient…
On 3 September 2020 the European Commission released an updated action plan on critical raw materials (CRMs). In doing so, it has added bauxite, lithium, titanium and strontium to the existing list of CRMs, which now stands at 30 materials.
The Commission also released a foresight report at the same time, on raw materials for…
The European Commission has recently launched a public consultation on the proposed review of the EU Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) (EU Regulation No 1013/2006).
The current WSR regulates the transboundary movement of waste and establishes a strict control regime for the shipment of waste between EU Member States and non-EU countries, and the transport of waste within the EU, in accordance with international laws (i.e., the Basel Convention).
The review initiative is in accordance with the policy objectives of both the European Green Deal and the new EU Circular Economy Action Plan, which emphasize the need to review the EU rules on the transboundary movement of waste, in particular the export of waste outside of the EU and the movement of waste for recycling or preparation for reuse within the EU. In accordance with the proposed review, the European Commission has identified the need to address the following issues:Continue Reading European Commission review of the EU Waste Shipment Regulation
