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Orgalim Partnership Information Bulletin 03 /19 – July 2019
Contents European Parliament Elections 2019 - Results ...... 4
INTERNAL MARKET ...... 6 Machinery Directive (MD) ...... 6 Outdoor Noise Directive (OND) ...... 7 Construction Products Regulation (CPR) ...... 7 Regulation on market surveillance and compliance ...... 8 Industrial Policy ...... 11 Digitalisation ...... 15 Policy and Investment Recommendations for Trustworthy AI ...... 15 Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI ...... 16 Cybersecurity Act ...... 17 e-Privacy Regulation ...... 17 ATEX Directive ...... 18 Radio Equipment Directive (RED) ...... 19 Electromagnetic Fields...... 19 Standardisation Policy ...... 20
MARKET ACCESS ...... 22 Conflict minerals ...... 22 Generalised Scheme of Preferences ...... 22 WTO ...... 23 Trade Defence Instruments ...... 23 EU – Vietnam ...... 25 EU – Mercosur...... 26 Free Trade Agreements - overview ...... 27
ENVIRONMENT ...... 29 REACH ...... 29 REACH and Nanomaterials ...... 30 RoHS2 Directive ...... 31 Circular Economy Policy ...... 32 Green Public Procurement ...... 32 ...... 33 Waste Framework Directive ...... 33 ECHA Database ...... 33 Water reuse ...... 34 Water-using Products - Ecodesign for taps and showers ...... 35 Revision of the Drinking Water Directive ...... 35 Eco-Management and Audit Scheme ...... 36 EU Ecolabel ...... 36 Environmental Footprint ...... 37 ...... 37 Sustainable finance ...... 37 7th Environmental Action Plan (EAP) ...... 38
ENERGY ...... 40 Energy Efficiency ...... 40 Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) ...... 40 Energy Labelling Regulation ...... 41 Ecodesign Directive ...... 42 Ecodesign Directive - Update on Lots / implementing measures ...... 43
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Energy Union ...... 44 National Energy and Climate Plans ...... 44 Clean Energy Package ...... 45 Energy Efficiency ...... 46 Energy Efficiency Directive ...... 46
DECARBONISATION & CLIMATE CHANGE ...... 47 F-gases ...... 47 Long-term decarbonisation strategy ...... 47 Revision of EU Emissions Trading Scheme ...... 48
RESEARCH & INNOVATION ...... 49 “Horizon Europe” (2021-2027) ...... 49
PUBLICATIONS & EVENTS ...... 50 PUBLICATIONS ...... 50 EVENTS ...... 52
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European Parliament Elections 2019 - Results From 23 to 26 May, the European Parliament’s (EP) elections took place in the 28 EU Member States, including the United Kingdom. 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected for a new 5-year legislative period (1 July 2019 - 30 June 2024). They started their mandate on 2nd July on the occasion of their first plenary session in Strasbourg, where they elected their President (David Sassoli, Italy, S&D).
A new landscape The turnout to these elections was the highest since 1999 with 51% of the EU citizens allowed to vote who casted their vote – around 200 million people. This may show a growing interest, especially from younger generations, for the EU, and particularly for the Parliament which plays a considerable role in the legislative machinery: not only does it elect the Commission President and the entire Commission, but equally importantly it is co-legislator with the Council on a very high number of Commission proposals (notably related to Internal Market, Environment and Energy) and has the right of “scrutiny” in many areas of the regulatory process (notably on Eco-design regulations). Altogether, the pro-European parties obtained a large majority, even though their number of MEPs decreased compared to the previous legislative periods. Indeed, the Centre-Right European Popular Party (EPP) has 24 % of the seats, while the Centre- Left Socialists & Democrats (S&D) has obtained 21%. The Liberals (Renew Europe, formerly ALDE) and the Greens grew compared to the past elections (14% and 10% of the seats, respectively). As for the Eurosceptics, two political groups have been set up (three in the former Parliament): European Conservative and Reformist - ECR, and Identity & Democracy – I&D, while the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group no longer exists. Quite several Euro-sceptics are “non-attached”. Altogether they have obtained 24% of the seats. The left has set up a European United Left Group, with 5.5% of the seats. These numbers mean that the majority will remain with the pro-European parties with the inclusion of Renew Europe and, most likely, the Greens, with around 70 % of the all the seats (EPP, S&D, Renew Europe and Greens). Brexit, meaning also the departure of British MEPs, should not have any major impact on the composition of the majority. Indeed, the United Kingdom has elected 73 MEPs equally distributed among the pro-European and Euro-Sceptic parties (37 MEPs among S&D, Renew Europe and Greens, while 33 MEPs among ECR and non-
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attached). After Brexit, the number of MEPs will decrease from 751 to 705. The 27 seats to be re-allocated to those Member States who are currently under-represented will be distributed among the political groups without majorly impacting the current pro-European majority. It is also worth mentioning that 2/3 of the MEPs elected are newcomers, while only 1/3 of them were members of the previous EP. This means that a significant part of the “EP institutional memory” of MEPs knowing the EP and EU legislative procedures has been lost, and a high percentage of the new MEPs are not familiar with their role yet. It will require more time for them to be fully operational.
Consequences on the legislative process More than ever, the obtention of a majority on any specific piece of legislation will require broader alliances between pro-European parties and sometimes with Eurosceptics, making the legislative process more complex, slower, and perhaps the position of the European Commission and of the Council stronger, especially at the beginning when the “new comer” MEPs are still in the learning phase. A more geographical polarisation of political groups (EPP representing Germany and Central Europe, the S&D representing Southern Europe) is not to be excluded. For industry representatives, this will most probably mean enlarging the network of contacts in the EP (even if the competition is tougher), not only with Rapporteurs at the time of a specific legislative procedure, but in a more pro-active way, targeting at least the four political groups and the newcomers. If the Council becomes stronger, building stronger ties with a range of countries, including in the Brussels Permanent Representations will be required. Overall, a strong coordination between the European association and its national association members will be required to ensure a maximum impact.
Next steps Following the European Council’s set of nominations on 2 July, the European Parliament will first have to elect the Commission President, who then will have to compose the Commission based on proposals from each Member State, except hers. Candidate Commissioners (including the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) will go through hearings with the relevant Committees of the EP. The whole Commission will then be appointed after a vote of the EP, which should allow for the new Commissioners to kick off their work on 1st November 2019.
Author : Author :
Pierre Lucas Luca Conti
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INTERNAL MARKET
Machinery Directive (MD) The European Commission launched the public consultation on the revision of the Machinery Directive on 7 June. The consultation runs until 30 August 2019 and is intended to contribute to the impact assessment for the revision of the Directive by building on the findings of the evaluation process and analysing the impacts of possible areas of improvement. Apart from the generic questions (on representation, difficulties for placing machinery on the market, understanding some core requirements such as the obligation to supply instructions etc.) the questionnaire also identifies specific questions with the aim of either simplifying or improving the MD on the following issues: scope, definitions, Annex IV machinery, essential health and safety requirements (notably whether there is a need to adapt the MD to include requirements on robotics, machine learning and cyber-security). The final questions relate to procedural changes such as the alignment with the New Legislative Framework (NLF) or the conversion of the Directive into a Regulation. As regards the ongoing impact assessment study, the external consultant (VVA) is currently conducting interviews with interested stakeholders, notably manufacturers. Another phase of the consultation process will start in September covering targeted surveys for different stakeholder groups, including EU institutions, national authorities, notified bodies, organisations representing industry, workers, consumers, market surveillance authorities etc. The final report of the study is estimated to be published in February 2020. In the meantime, the next EC Machinery WG will be held in Brussels on 2-3 December 2019: the Commission is expected to offer further insights into the process for the revision of the MD.
Author : Ioana Smarandache
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Outdoor Noise Directive (OND) Although the report was expected in June, the European Commission postponed the publication of the Outdoor Noise Directive (OND) evaluation conclusions. The evaluation report and the accompanying document – so-called “Staff Working Document” – will summarise the main study outcomes and highlight the required changes. The EC Noise Working Group meeting took place on 4 June 2019. DG GROW stressed that measurement methods must be part of the future Regulation; however, reference to standards will be updated through delegated acts. Current noise limits must be revised, unless the industry provides solid economic and technical arguments demonstrating the need to keep the current limits. DG GROW remained open to changes as regards the conformity assessment procedures - thus possibly allowing self-certification to all equipment types - and the database. As a next step, a public consultation is announced for the second half of 2019 and the next EC Noise Working Group meeting is scheduled on 9 December. The European Commission’s proposal is announced for the end of 2020.
Author : Anne-Claire Rasselet
Construction Products Regulation (CPR) The European Commission postponed again the publication of its evaluation report on the Construction Products Regulation (305/2011/EU) to October. This document will be accompanied by conclusions on the relevance of the European Organisation for Technical Assessment (EOTA) tasks and its functioning. As a reminder, the CPR evaluation and impact assessment study (see final reports) recommended improving the legislation via soft law, complemented by a limited legislative revision. However, the European Commission would prefer a revision of the legislation. Therefore, a new impact assessment study will start in the autumn 2019 and would focus on possible options for a revised CPR. The future of this legislation and its link with the circular economy is part of the Finnish EU presidency priorities. Indeed, they already published a discussion paper to facilitate discussions with Member States. They will also organise a series of working Council meetings, including a public event on 3-4 September in Helsinki. As regards the transition of the construction sector towards a circular economy, the European Construction Sector Observatory (ECSO) published a report in April. This
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document notably assesses public policies, industry initiatives and the challenges and opportunities in construction demolition waste management. As regards harmonised standards, the European Commission in now assessing the latest ones submitted by CEN. The Commission did not correct the mistakes included in the last publication (2019/451 of 19 March) of standards, notably the missing dates for the beginning and end of coexistence period. Meanwhile, these missing dates are available on the DG GROW page on CPR standards that is used by notified bodies and market surveillance authorities to perform their tasks. In addition, the Commission published new European Assessment Documents (EAD) in the Commission Implementing Decision 2019/896 of 28 May 2019. Furthermore, the European Commission published an updated roadmap for the implementation of the CPR in June 2019 (available from the Secretariat). It lists implementing or delegated acts under adoption or finalisation on various types of products and characteristics like fire resistance, wind, and air permeability performance.
Author :
Anne-Claire Rasselet
Regulation on market surveillance and compliance The Regulation EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance and compliance of products was published in the EU Official Journal on 25 June 2019, following the official adoption of the final text by the Council (ECOFIN Council) on 14 June, and by the European Parliament in the plenary sitting of 17 April. As a reminder, the Regulation applies to all industrial products subject to EU harmonisation Regulation, amending or deleting specific articles related to enforcement and market surveillance in Regulation (EC) 765/2008, Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulation (EU) No 305/2011. The key objectives of this new Regulation are to strengthen market surveillance rules across the EU for both online and offline sales and imported goods, increase compliance controls, promote closer cross-border cooperation between market surveillance authorities (MSAs) in different Member States and also between these authorities and customs authorities, as well as establish a framework for cooperation with economic operators. Below is an overview of the key articles of interest to manufacturers:
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• Article 4 (tasks of economic operators) requires the presence of a responsible economic operator based in the EU for any product placed on the EU market. The economic operator responsible is intended to be the direct interlocutor with MSAs, providing them with information on the compliance of the product and ensuring that the technical documentation and the Declaration of Conformity (DoC) remain at the disposal of the authorities, upon reasoned request, among other tasks. The responsible economic operator can be the manufacturer in the EU, the importer (in case of a non-EU manufacturer), the authorised representative designated by the manufacturer to fulfil this role, or a fulfilment service provider.
• Article 9 (joint activities to promote compliance) foresees the possibility to establish an agreement between MSAs and organisations representing economic operators to carry out joint activities in view of promoting compliance or identifying non-compliance, raising awareness and providing guidance on EU harmonised legislation, as long as this agreement is subject to various conditions: not affecting the parties’ impartiality, objectivity, independence or leading to unfair competition. • Articles 11-16 (Powers and duties of MSA): the Regulation harmonises minimum powers that can be exercised by MSAs themselves or via recourse to other public authorities or when applying to competent courts to approve the exercise of a specific power; for instance: the power to seal any premises or seize information, make test purchases, request providers to remove or disable content (online sales), suspend or restrict access to a website or put a domain on hold, impose penalties etc. Moreover, the MSAs should carry out their activities and exercise their powers independently, impartially and without bias, and should perform checks on the basis of a risk-based approach (taking into account hazards of the product, the history or likelihood of non- compliance, user complaints etc.). If a non-compliance is identified, the MSA may be authorised to reclaim the total costs spent on their activities (testing, storage, taking corrective actions etc.) from the economic operator in question. • Article 12 (Peer reviews): the Regulation introduces peer reviews among MSAs on a voluntary basis. These peer reviews will cover best practices developed by some MSAs that may be helpful to others. • Article 29-33 (Union product compliance network – UPCN, as a platform for structured coordination and cooperation between MSAs): it consists of Commission representatives, single liaison offices (designated by Member States to coordinate enforcement on their territory), national MSAs and where
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appropriate, business representatives & consumer organisations. The work of the Network is supported by a secretariat under the Commission’s responsibility. Its main tasks are to define priorities for joint market surveillance actions, coordinate enforcement of EU harmonised legislation, coordinate common actions such as cross-border market surveillance activities, develop best practices etc. The Regulation also specifies that Administrative and Cooperation Groups (ADCOs) will be set up to ensure a uniform application of EU harmonisation legislation (only national MSAs and the Commission can access the ADCO meetings, but industry representatives can be invited to attend meetings as observers or to provide written input depending on the subject matter). The final provisions of the Regulation deal with information on financing activities (planned for the UPCN, the peer review system, the implementation of national MSA strategies etc.), penalties to be determined by Member States, and the next evaluation of the Regulation. In terms of next steps, the market surveillance Regulation will enter into force on 16 July and its provisions will be applicable as from 16 July 2021. However, the Union Product Compliance Network is intended to be operational by 1 January 2021, with the support of EU financing.
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Ioana Smarandache
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Issues of General Interest
Industrial Policy
Report of the High-Level Industry Roundtable on “A Vision for European Industry until 2030 On 27 June, the European Commission officially released the Report on “A Vision for European Industry until 2030”, prepared by the High-Level Industry Roundtable. The High-Level Industry Roundtable was called together by the European Commission in December 2017. I,ts 20 experts, coming from different industry and non-industry backgrounds, worked intensively until June 2019 based on a common appreciation of industry’s core role in delivering value for society, the environment and the economy. The document proposes a set of recommendations aiming at: • Boosting the development of the digital economy in Europe • Stimulating innovation and technology’s update • Ensuring that Europe’s industry becomes climate neutral, circular and resource efficient.
It is centred on three strategic imperatives: • Managing a fast and inclusive transformation, • Championing global competitiveness and • Addressing social inclusiveness and values, with, for each, a series of proposed “game-changing actions” (17 in total). Through the involvement of Orgalim’s President as a member of the Roundtable, these strategic imperatives were Influenced by and are in line with Orgalim Vision 2030’s Strategic Imperatives (as a reminder: embrace the innovation-led transformation of European Industry; enable European industry’s long-term global leadership; transform societal challenges into future drivers of prosperity). Here is a short analysis of the Report, also indicating where Orgalim will focus its attention when the Report materialises in policy proposals.
Strategic Imperative 1: Transformation should be built on an ecosystem stimulating innovation and technology uptake, access to low carbon energy and raw material
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supply, boosting the digital economy, and supported by adequate financial instruments • Welcomed by Orgalim: Clusters of Change • To be watched: 2050 carbon neutrality, focus on circular economy should be balanced by focus on resource efficiency; data framework including “Open Data” from/for industry to be thoroughly discussed
Strategic Imperative 2: Global competitiveness requires a greater role for the EU Single Market, strengthening strategic value chains, and an open, fair and multilateral trading system • Welcomed by Orgalim: focus on Single Market; recognition of Strategic Value Chains; Minimum Viable Regulation/regulatory sandboxes; Acceleration Centres; “Lead the implementation of the Paris Agreement globally and at home” • To be watched: creative ideas on technical standards-setting; momentum towards IPCEIs
Strategic Imperative 3: Social Inclusiveness and Values implies ensuring social fairness of industrial transition and spreading of benefits in European regions, building a learning society (capable of anticipating and developing required skills), building inclusive governance for the transformation, and an enabling environment for more sustainable business activities • Welcomed by Orgalim: Green Deal with industry, City of the Future • To be watched: all related CSR issues where Orgalim does not necessarily have competencies; traceability along the value chains
EU Strategic Forum for Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) The EU Strategic Forum on IPCEIs has nearly completed its work. Its final report (still to be published) will consist of a general approach to industrial policy, based on Strategic Value Chains and cross-cutting recommendations, and specific recommendations for the six strategic value chains defined by the Forum: • Clean, connected and autonomous vehicles • Smart Health • Low CO2 emissions industries (which covers energy-intensive- industries) • Hydrogen technologies and systems • Industrial Internet of Things • Cybersecurity
The general approach, building on the same Vision for 2030 as the HLIR Report, characterises Strategic Value Chains on three axes: technological innovativeness,
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economic and market potential, societal and political importance for Europe. It proposes the pooling of available resources (EU instruments, national public finances and private investments), to drive efforts towards the completion of the EU Single Market in services and a simplification of permit procedures, to develop a European innovation ecosystem approach, notably by building on the experience of European industry partnerships and offers specific recommendations to the Commission regarding IPCEIs. Finally, it requests the set-up of a “permanent and high-level governance at EU-level”, by assigning each Strategic Value Chain to a Commissioner. For each value chain, the Report of the Strategic Forum lays down a series of specific recommendations. The Forum’s end report is expected to be published in July 2019.
Next Steps Both Reports will be at the basis of a new European Commission Communication on “a long-term vision for the EU’s industrial future”, which the European Council on 22 March and the Competitiveness Council on 27 May requested from the Commission by the end of 2019. The drafting of this work will be supervised by the Commission General Secretariat. In a set of conclusions on “An EU Industrial Policy Strategy: a Vision for 2030”, the Competitiveness Council already outlined its ideas on the topic, drawing on previous documents related to Industrial Policy adopted since 2017 by the Council and the European Council, and proposing to build a strong economic base integrating a deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union, the EU Single Market in all its dimensions, a forward looking digital policy, an ambitious trade policy ensuring fair competition, reciprocity and mutual benefits, and an assertive industrial policy. It recalled the horizontal role of the Competitiveness Council to monitor the implementation of this strategy. The conclusions then develop actions in a number of key areas such as: • Better regulation and a predictable, cost-effective, innovation and growth- friendly regulatory environment, • An open rules-based multilateral trading system, • An industrial strategy (including targets and indicators) that should become a top priority for the strategic agenda of the next Commission, • A focus on the Single Market as a basis for internal and international competitiveness of European companies, and on harmonised standards • The importance of European industrial value chains and Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) as a tool to deploy them
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• The promotion of public and private investments in Research and Innovation focused on disruptive innovation, digitalisation, big data, artificial intelligence, clean technologies, circular economy and other sustainable economic models • Intellectual Property Rights, with a need to continue developing the European framework • Skills • The transition towards a sustainable, climate-neutral and circular economy, with the role of a strong industrial base and the need for industry to bring forward projects • Circular Economy, with the deployment of the EU Action Plan • SMEs with, in particular, the role of clusters and Digital Innovation Hubs as tools to support them
European Parliament Services Study In June, the General Secretariat of the European Parliament issued a Study on “How to tackle challenges in a future-oriented EU Strategic Forum for Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI)”, requested by the Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament. This document provides a critical assessment of the latest Commission Communication on Industrial Policy, presented in September 2017. While considering that the EU industrial strategy is still a “meta- policy” (established on the basis of various, already existing policies), it proposes that the EU should consider the following axes when further building its industrial policy: • Make sharper strategic choices based on a clearly overarching strategic objective (most likely addressing digital transformation and climate change/environment challenges) and related priorities • Engage the regions based on the smart specialisation strategies and interregional cooperation with a view to promote the development of value- added chains • Promote policy experimentation (balancing result-oriented policy programming schemes. The report also considers the strategic value chains (as identified by the Strategic Forum on IPCEIs) as “promising developments”.
Author :
Pierre Lucas
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Digitalisation
Policy and Investment Recommendations for Trustworthy AI
On 26 June, the European Commission published the second of the deliverables produced by the High-Level Expert group on AI, a set of 33 recommendations on Policy and Investment for Trustworthy AI. These aim at “guiding Trustworthy AI towards sustainability, growth and competitiveness, as well as inclusion – while empowering, benefiting and protecting human beings”. The 50-page long document consists of two chapters covering a) four main areas where the HLEG on AI believes “that Trustworthy AI can help achieving a beneficial impact, starting with humans and society at large (A), and continuing then to focus on the private sector (B), the public sector (C) and Europe’s research and academia (D) and b) addressing the main enablers needed to facilitate those impacts, focusing on availability of data and infrastructure (E), skills and education (F), appropriate governance and regulation (G), as well as funding and investment (H)”.
Short analysis On the positive side, • The document is much more balanced than the “Ethical Guidelines” as it is much more focused on fostering AI development and deployment in Europe with a large spectrum of instruments. • There is a differentiation between the B2C, B2B and P2C and a clear understanding of the specific needs of the B2B, including on regulation • A clear reference to the Single Market, including the New Legislative Framework, even if all our comments to the previous draft (related to self- certification and civil liability rules) were not taken on board (the paragraph from the previous draft is kept, but without reference to health and safety at work) • A rather cautious approach for regulation is recommended, even if there is room for various stakeholders to understand the text in different manners • The notion of regulatory sandboxes is introduced • There is a clear call upon policy makers to refrain from establishing legal personality for AI systems or robots
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On the less positive side, there are some paragraphs where Orgalim plans to develop and precise a clear policy message • The topics addressed in paragraphs related to regulation are still generic, but first references are set which might be signals for future regulatory work. It is disappointing that no reference is made to already existing legislation on non- personal data, cybersecurity or the revised directive on public data • Even if it is in general balanced, some topics such as “access to data” (“FRAND”), civil liability law, safety issues and in particular “collective redress” might have wide-ranging repercussions going beyond the AI-discussion.
• In general, it is disappointing that, in the chapter on investment, the relevance of AI in strong European sectors such as manufacturing is not sufficiently acknowledged (mention is made of “traditional sectors of the economy”, not of “manufacturing”, which is much better promoted in Chapter 1. • The issue of the precautionary principle applied beyond the “realm” of the EU environment policy needs to be clarified.
Follow up During the AI Alliance conference on 26 June, The HLEG on AI confirmed that, based on the framework of the four impacts and four enablers, a few sectors will be selected so as to prepare sectoral recommendations for EU institutions & Member States”.
Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI
Piloting Phase As indicated in the previous Bulletin, the piloting phase will consist of two parts: • open piloting (quantitative analysis focusing on the Ethics Guidelines assessment list: organisations can register and fill in one of the two surveys (one for AI developers/deployers, one for others e.g. civil society etc) prepared by a specialised consultant until 1st of December. After that, the survey will be closed, and its outcome analysed by the AI4EU consortium (appointed by the European Commission). AI4EU will then prepare a report for the HLEG on AI to revise the assessment list (expected in January 2020). The link for registration is: https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/ethics-guidelines-trustworthy-ai/register- piloting-process-0 • the deep-dives (qualitative analysis) will focus on seven sectors: Healthcare/pharma; Insurance/finance; Autonomous driving/transport; Police
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enforcement; Manufacturing; Public services; and Human Resources. For each sector it is planned that the AI4EU consortium interviews (at the organisations premises) a large company, a small company, a public authority and/or a research centre. • A third part was announced during the presentation of the Recommendations on 26 June, namely a series of workshops on the application of these recommendations to specific sectors, to be carried out during the Autumn.
Cybersecurity Act
On 27 June, the Cybersecurity Act entered into force, establishing the European cybersecurity certification framework and giving the European Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA), via a permanent mandate, the tasks to improve coordination and cooperation on cybersecurity between the EU Institutions and the Member States, to advise the Commission on policy developments, and to raise awareness. The immediate next steps of the implementation phase will be with the European Commission’s first requests for ENISA to prepare certification schemes (to be adopted by the Commission via implementing acts, even if these schemes remain voluntary) and setting-up the governance structure with the establishment of the relevant expert groups: • The European Cybersecurity Certification Group (ECCG), comprised of Member State representatives that will have to be appointed by the representatives from their competent authorities; • The Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group (SCCG), which will be responsible to advise ENISA and the Commission on general strategic matters relating to the certification framework. The Commission will also prepare an annual “Union rolling work programme for European Cybersecurity Certification”, which will identify strategic priorities for certification and include a list of ICT products, services or categories thereof. The Union rolling work programme will be subject to a public consultation. The SCCG will also have the possibility to issue an opinion for each yearly work programme. e-Privacy Regulation
At its meeting on 7 June, the Telecommunications Council took note of a progress report from the Romanian Presidency on the adoption of the e-Privacy Regulation, where a number of topics remain disputed, notably concerning
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• The way the regulation would interact with new technologies • The inclusion in the Regulation of the issue of child abuse imagery • The compatibility of the e-Privacy Regulation with the compliance of data retention regime with the European Charter of Human Rights • The role of supervisory authorities and of the European Data Protection Board • Cross border cooperation The proposed Regulation aims to ensure a high level of protection of private life, communications and personal data in the electronic communications sector. It also aims to create a level playing field for providers of various services and to ensure the free movement of electronic communications data and services in the EU. It will replace the current e-Privacy Directive and complement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Pierre Lucas
ATEX Directive The latest ATEX Working Group meeting was held in Brussels on 15 May. The Commission informed that it will publish the revised Guidelines on the application of ATEX after the summer 2019. It has been requested that the ATEX Guidelines clearly state the acceptable format of safety instructions (whether the safety requirements must be provided on paper only or could also be delivered by electronic means). Orgalim stated in the meeting that the paper requirement should apply to the safety information, while other information may be made available electronically. The Commission concluded that safety information is required to be provided on paper under the current interpretation, but it can be made available in other formats (USB stick for instance) provided that it corresponds to the paper version and accompanies the product. Another issued discussed is a possible conflict between the Guidelines for the Machinery Directive and those for ATEX, for instance as regards some examples for pumps and fans. The Machinery WG will look at the proposed revision of the text of the MD Guide in this respect and subsequently provide its comments to the ATEX WG. To streamline the procedures for Commission’s groups of experts on different product-specific legislation, the ATEX WG will become an expert group (the same process will take place for the Noise WG and Machinery WG). The ATEX Expert Group is intended to be up and running at its next meeting foreseen on 29 May 2020.
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Author :
Ioana Smarandache
Radio Equipment Directive (RED) The Commission contracted the Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services (CSES) and their partners at Tech4i2 to conduct a study in support of an impact assessment on internet-connected devices Radio Equipment (RE) and wearable RE. The study is intended to: • Consider the extent to which current market access conditions are adequate without further regulation, and/or whether regulatory action might be needed in future. • If regulatory action is required, collect evidence to determine whether it is appropriate to activate, via delegated acts, the requirements set out in Article 3(3) (e) and (f) of the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU3 (RED) and • Identify the specific classes and/or categories of RE that should be covered by delegated act(s) for the purpose of Article 3(3) (e) and/or (f) of the RED Different industry associations including Orgalim were interviewed by the consultant on 26 June, the day after the RED Expert Group meeting on 25 June. An interim report is to be issued in mid-July 2019. On 14 May, the European Commission published in the EU Official Journal Implementing Decisions on the harmonisation of radio spectrum for equipment using ultra-wideband technology and on the harmonisation of the 24,25-27,5 GHz frequency band for providing wireless broadband electronic communications services.
Author :
Ioana Smarandache
Electromagnetic Fields The European Commission has responded to the written question of French Green party member Michèle Rivasi linking 5G telecommunications technology to an increase of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (EMF). Asked about whether human health impact studies are being funded and conducted in advance of the 5G roll-out in the EU, the Commission considers that an impact assessment is not
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necessary. The Commission’s Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER)’s five relevant opinions have not provided any scientific justification to revise the limits set by Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC. The 5G networks are expected to have similar or lower levels of emission than 4G networks. Author : Laure Dulière
Standardisation Policy The 7th SMAART meeting took place on 12 June. The Commission informed that they are currently working on implementing one of the priority actions announced in the Communication on Harmonised Standards from November 2018. This action is about elaborating a Guidance document on practical aspects for the implementation of the Standardisation Regulation. The Commission does not plan to propose revolutionary changes but rather provide legal clarifications for the following articles: 10(1) on standardisation requests; 10(5) on joint assessments of draft harmonised standards by ESOs and the Commission, and 10(6) on verification of final text of harmonised standards before their publication in the Official Journal. Once a stable draft of the Guidance is available, all relevant stakeholders (including the industry) will be consulted in writing. The final version is to be published by the end of 2019 and will be discussed at the next SMAART meeting in October 2019 (date to be confirmed). The meeting on 12 June also discussed various draft standardisation requests, including the one on personal protective equipment which is supposed to serve as the template for all future standardisation requests. Industry representatives reiterated their concerns about the current draft which is shifting away from the NLF system and will generate burdensome and inflexible requirements, in addition to significant delays in the development, assessment and publication of standards. Two major issues were identified: • the introduction of the expiry date of the standardisation requests, which would mean that if requested standards need to be revised either the standardisation request has to be amended with an extension of the expiry date or a new one has to be issued. • the detailed definition of the scope of standardisation requests, mandating the EC to identify how many and which new standards need to be produced and which standards need to be revised. This would limit the ESO’s flexibility in elaborating and modifying their work programme which implements the standardisation request. If new standards are needed, an amendment of the
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standardisation request becomes necessary since these new standardisation needs would not have been previously mirrored in the ESO’s work programme. A full meeting report of the SMAART meeting is available, upon request, from the Secretariat. On another standardisation update, the 2018 annual report of CEN and CENELEC has recently been published. The press release and online version of the report are accessible at: https://www.cencenelec.eu/news/brief_news/Pages/TN-2019- 037.aspx.
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MARKET ACCESS
Issues of General Interest
Conflict minerals On 7 June, the European Commission DG Trade published the list of Member State competent authorities designated under Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2017/821 (Conflict Minerals Regulation). Member States’ competent authorities will be responsible for the application of the Conflict Minerals Regulation, and for ensuring the effective and uniform implementation of this Regulation throughout the Union.
Here more information about Conflict Minerals.
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Luca Conti
Generalised Scheme of Preferences On 13 May the European Commission DG Trade published an Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on the future of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) Regulation. The current GSP Regulation governing the scheme will expire on 31 December 2023, and the EC has started the preliminary work to decide on the future of the scheme after that date. The IIA aimed at improving the efficiency of the existing GSP Regulation as a policy instrument that contributes, by promoting external trade, to the support of developing countries’ economic and social development. The GSP Regulation has also to take into account concerns of EU businesses facing serious difficulties as a consequence of increased competition from GSP-covered imports.
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Based on the feedback received from stakeholders, in the next months the EC intends to launch a study, prepare an Impact Assessment, and organise Stakeholders Consultation. Here more information on GSP.
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Luca Conti
WTO On 27 May, the Council adopted a negotiating mandate to allow the Commission to participate in plurilateral negotiations on electronic commerce at WTO level. As a background, in January 2019 the EU and other members of the WTO decided to start negotiations to put in place global rules on electronic commerce. The EU then submitted its initial negotiating proposals in the WTO which were discussed during a WTO round in May. The aim of these negotiations is to create international rules encouraging global e-commerce, facilitate the operations of businesses (particularly SMEs), strengthen consumers' trust in the online environment, and create new opportunities promoting inclusive and sustainable growth.
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Luca Conti
Trade Defence Instruments
Notice of initiation concerning the review of the safeguard measures applicable to imports of certain steel products On 17 May, the European Commission published a notice of initiation concerning the review of the safeguard measures applicable to imports of certain steel products. This notice follows the Commission Implementing Regulation published in January 2019 imposing definitive safeguard measures against imports of these products as a reaction to the US decision to impose additional duties on European steel. Within the Regulation, the EC announced its intention to initiate ex officio a first review investigation no later than on 1 July 2019. On 17 June the Commission published a Corrigendum to the Notice of initiation, adding the product Category Other Welded Pipes (Number 26).
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On this basis and considering the development of imports of steel products subject to safeguard measures, the Commission intended to investigate whether there are changed circumstances justifying an adjustment in the level or the allocation of the existing tariff-rate quota. Having determined that there is sufficient evidence, the Commission initiated the review of the existing safeguard measures which it intends to conclude before 30 September 2019. Here more information on the definitive safeguard measures on steel.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel On 15 May, the European Commission published a notice of the impending expiry of anti-dumping measures on certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Belarus, Russia and China. These measures, adopted 2015, will expire on 28 January 2020 unless a review is initiated. Interested parties can submit their request for a review by 28 October 2019.
Commission Implementing Regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil in rolls originating in China On 5 June, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil in rolls originating in China. The Regulation follows an expiry review investigation that the EC started in March 2018. The anti-dumping measures duty on imports of these products are in place since 2019, and, with the new Regulation, will be maintained.
Notice of re-opening the investigations on a definitive countervailing duty and a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India On 20 June, the Commission published a notice of re-opening of investigations concerning a definitive countervailing duty and a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India. The investigations follow the General Court of the European Union judgments of April 2019 annulling the Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2016/387 and (EU) No 2016/388 imposing definitive measures for these products. Based on the decision of the General Court, the Commission has started a new investigation.
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Commission Implementing Decision terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain metal products originating in Macedonia, Russia and Turkey On 28 June, the European Commission published a Commission Implementing Decision terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of welded tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of square or rectangular cross-section, of iron other than cast iron or steel other than stainless originating in Macedonia, Russia and Turkey. At the end of the procedure starting in September 2018, the EC decided that anti-dumping measures for these products are not justified.
Termination of the partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron originating in India On 5 July, the European Commission published an Implementing Decision terminating the partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron (also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron) originating in India. Since the applicants of the complaint withdrew their request, the EC decided to terminate the review maintaining the definitive anti- dumping measures currently in force for these products.
Termination of the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of hot-rolled steel sheet piles originating in China On 5 July, the European Commission published an Implementing Decision terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of hot-rolled steel sheet piles originating in China. Since the applicant withdrew its complaint, the EC decided to terminate the proceeding without the imposition of anti-dumping measures for these products.
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EU – Vietnam On 30 June, the EU and Vietnam signed the free trade agreement (FTA) and the investment protection agreement (IPA) in Hanoi. This FTA is the most ambitious free trade deal ever concluded by the EU with a developing country, providing for the almost complete (99%) elimination of customs duties between the two blocks. 65% of duties on EU exports to Vietnam will disappear as soon as the FTA enters into force, while the rest will be phased out gradually over
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a period of up to 10 years. Regarding Vietnamese exports to the EU, 71% of duties will disappear upon entry into force, while the rest will be phased out over a period of up to 7 years. The EU-Vietnam trade deal also contains important provisions on intellectual property protection, investment liberalisation and sustainable development. As a background, the EU exports to Vietnam are dominated by high tech products including electrical machinery and equipment, aircraft, vehicles, and pharmaceutical products. Vietnam's key export items to the EU include telephone sets, electronic products, footwear, textiles and clothing, coffee, rice, seafood, and furniture. As for the next steps, the agreements will be presented to the new European Parliament for consent which is tentatively expected by the end of 2019. Afterwards, the trade agreement can be officially concluded by the Council and enter into force, while the investment protection agreement will first need to be ratified by Member States according to their respective internal procedures. Here more info about the EU – Vietnam agreements. Author : Luca Conti
EU – Mercosur On 28 June, the Commission announced the conclusion of the negotiations with Mercosur Countries (Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay and Uruguay) since they reached a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive trade agreement. The agreement has been reached after almost twenty years of negotiations and will cover a population of 780 million citizens. Following this announcement, the EC DG Trade has published a summary of the agreement together with a factsheet. The EU-Mercosur agreement will tackle both tariff and non-tariff barriers. For mechanical, electrical and metal products, almost the totality of exports will be fully liberalised - mostly within 10 years. On technical barriers to trade, the Parties agreed on a closed definition of international standards-setting organisations, with specific mentions of International Organisation on Standards (ISO), International Electrotechnical Organisation (IEC), and International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The next steps of the procedure will be the conclusion of the final version of the Association Agreement and all its trade aspects. After the translation into all the EU languages, the EC will submit the agreement to the Council and the European Parliament for approval.
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Here the press releases on the political agreement and on the key elements of the trade agreement.
Author : Luca Conti
Free Trade Agreements - overview Country Current Status Next steps Singapore Draft trade and investment Council and Singapore will agreements were signed in complete the final formalities for October 2018 and received the the adoption. Once the formalities consent of the European are finalised, the agreements will Parliament on February 2019 enter into force. Here more information Vietnam On 30 June, the EU and Vietnam The European Parliament has signed the free trade agreement tentatively scheduled the vote in (FTA) and the investment the EP INTA Committee to protection agreement (IPA) in November 2019. Once the EP has Hanoi given consent, Council and Vietnam will complete the final formalities for the adoption. Once the formalities are finalised, the agreements will enter into force. Here more information Mercosur Ongoing negotiations for a free EU and Mercosur will perform a trade agreement. The last legal revision of the agreed text to intersessional meeting took come up with the final version of place in the week of 13 May 2019 the agreement. The EC will then in Buenos Aires. On 28 June, EU translate it into all official EU and Mercosur reached a political languages and submit the agreement Agreement to Council and the European Parliament for approval. Here more information China Ongoing negotiations for an The next round is foreseen to be Investment Agreement. 21st held from the 15th to 19th of July round of negotiations took place 2019 in Brussels. in Beijing in the week of 10 June Here more information 2019 Australia Ongoing negotiations for a free No date for the next round of trade agreement. 4th round took negotiations yet. Here more information
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place in the week of 1 July 2019 in Brussels New Ongoing negotiations for a free No date for the next round of Zealand trade agreement. 4th round of negotiations yet. Here more negotiations took place in May information in Wellington Indonesia Ongoing negotiations for a free No date for the next round of trade agreement. 8th round too negotiations yet. Here more place in the week of 17 June 2019 information in Jakarta. Tunisia Ongoing negotiations for a free The next round is scheduled to be trade agreement. 4th round of either before the end of 2019, or negotiations took place in 28-30 early 2020. Here more information April/1-2 May 2019 in Tunis. Chile Ongoing negotiations to revise 5th round will take place in the and modernise the free trade week of 15 July 2019 in Brussels. agreement. 4th round of Here more information negotiations took place in April in Santiago de Chile
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Luca Conti
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ENVIRONMENT
REACH • Candidate List The next update of the Candidate List will take place in mid-July. On 27 June ECHA announced that the Member State Committee unanimously agreed to include HFPO- DA in the Candidate List. This substance is mainly used as a processing aid for fluoro- polymers used in wire cables and coatings. • Evaluation As part of the Commission and ECHA’s joint action plan to improve compliance, ECHA will evaluate all registration dossiers by 2027. The Commission will propose by mid- 2019 an amendment to REACH Article 41.5 to increase the 5% minimum target to 20% of dossiers selected for compliance checking in each tonnage bands. For the substances in the highest tonnage bands, the compliance checks will be finalised by the end of 2020. • Authorisation In preparation for the Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP (CARACAL) meeting on 1-2 July, ECHA published a document on its approach to improve the Authorisation process following the outcomes of the General Court cases T-837/16 and T-108/17 (available from the secretariat). In short, ECHA seeks to further define the roles and responsibilities between the Commission, the Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) and Socio-Economic Analysis Committee (SEAC), and ECHA. The burden of proof on the availability of suitable alternatives and substitutes for the substances of very high concern will depend on the applicant. The RAC and SEAC opinions will assess the effects of granting an authorisation and whether the benefits would outweigh the use of the substance. Under the ECHA proposal, the opinions of the two committees would be simplified. What remains to be determined is what would be the criteria to determine the ‘suitableness’ of substitute substances. Furthermore, if there are available alternatives but these are not technically or economically feasible at the time of the application, the Commission may consider granting the authorisation if it is accompanied by a substitution plan.
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In terms of next steps, ECHA is finalising the revision of the opinion format and will start applying changes to the ongoing and future applications. As regards the applications that were pending, the Commission will have to assess whether these need to be updated by ECHA. As the changes are being implemented, ECHA will revise the existing guidance documents and publish FAQs. • Council Conclusions on EU Chemicals Policy The European Council published on 26 June its conclusions “Towards a Sustainable Chemicals Policy Strategy of the Union”. This document provides guidance for the Commission and ECHA to develop a sustainable EU chemicals policy strategy that is coherent across different pieces of legislation. The conclusions stress the need for the Commission to not delay the publication of the non-toxic strategy. This strategy should have been presented in 2018 under the framework of the 7th Environmental Action Plan. Furthermore, the conclusions strongly push for increasing the substitution of hazardous substances in material cycles, particularly highly fluorinated compounds (PFAS). The conclusions also provide targeted recommendations for: REACH, nanomaterials, endocrine disruptors and pharmaceuticals. The Council requests the Commission to continue implementing the action points identified in the second REACH review and to provide a report on the progress achieved by March 2020. As regards endocrine disruptors, the Council emphasises the need to stimulate substitution and encourages the Commission to provide an action plan with concrete timelines to do so. • ECHA chemicals database ECHA has significantly updated its database containing information on chemicals. The updates include new information present in the Infocards, links to other datasets, and information on nanomaterials. Author : Marina Guajardo
REACH and Nanomaterials The Council Conclusions published on 26 May on EU chemicals policy address specific concerns on nanomaterials. More specifically the Council urges the Commission to finalise its review of the definition of ‘nanomaterials’ in order to ensure a coherent definition across all EU legislation. Furthermore, it requests the Commission to extend ECHA’s mandate to collect information on nanomaterials which are not registered due to being below the yearly 1 tonne threshold.
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In parallel, ahead of the CARACAL meeting on 1-2 July ECHA published a short paper summarising the main ongoing activities relating to nanomaterials at EU level and the implementation of the amendment to REACH annexes (document available from the secretariat). In order to improve compliance with the REACH Annexes, ECHA has announced a series of supporting activities ahead of January 2020: a) continue to update relevant REACH guidance documents, b) communication and awareness- raising, c) adapting business rules and completeness checks and d) providing regulatory and scientific support to the Malta Project (an EU initiative to increase their contribution and presence on adapting and developing nanomaterial OECD testing guidelines). Furthermore, the European Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) has developed a new search tool with information on over 300 nanomaterials in the EU market. This tool pools information from REACH registrations, cosmetic products and national inventories from Belgium and France.
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Marina Guajardo
RoHS2 Directive The methodologies to restrict substances and assess exemption requests under the RoHS Directive are still under review. At the stakeholder meeting in April, the external contractor Öko-Institute presented the final draft methodology on substance restriction. The revised version emphasises the need for future restricted substances to meet criteria provided in the directive, including the negative impact during the waste management operations, release of substances into the environment, exposure to workers and available substitutes with less negative impacts. In addition, the precautionary principle will be applied throughout all stages of the methodology. A core concern of the industry, the coherence of REACH and RoHS, has been further addressed. The new methodology should be published in summer 2019. Furthermore, the Öko-Institute is revising the exemption methodology to evaluate industry requests for a new or revised exemption. This exercise seems to map current practices, while it was initially understood it aimed to update the existing consolidated guidance for applicants of 2012. No stakeholder consultation is foreseen. In parallel, the European Commission has contracted external consultants, Ecorys and Ramboll, to evaluate the RoHS Directive by March 2020. This study aims to assess
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whether the directive has fulfilled its objectives. In this context, the European Commission will launch a public consultation in the summer 2019 in parallel to targeted interviews of Member States’ authorities and key stakeholders. In addition, a stakeholder conference is foreseen late 2019 to discuss conclusions emerging from the evaluation and potential policy options for the future.
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Anne-Claire Rasselet
Circular Economy Policy
Environmental Priorities of Finish Presidency Ahead of taking over on 1 July the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, the Finnish government published a document outlining its working priorities during its term. Finland has expressed a strong emphasis on aligning the work of its term with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. However, the document is not too detailed and expresses broad goals like mainstreaming climate policy to all sectors and to expand the work on the circular economy to cover the use of materials. Furthermore, the Finnish Presidency held a conference on 8-10 July on the “European Bioeconomy Scene 2019”. The conference addressed potential links between the bioeconomy and the circular economy, as well as how to improve sustainability in products and value chains.
Author : Marina Guajardo
Green Public Procurement DG Environment has added a Green Public Procurement Training Toolkit section designed for use by public purchasers and by GPP trainers, or integration in general public procurement training courses and workshops. It consists of six independent modules and ten operational modules, with PowerPoint presentations and accompanying guidance. The Joint Research Centre has published its technical report on the Revision of EU GPP criteria for imaging equipment (printers, copy machines and scanners).The main feature of the revision is the inclusion of the consumables (ink cartridges) into the scope.
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Author : Laure Dulière
Waste Framework Directive The workshop to be organised by Eunomia in June on Extended Producer Responsibility schemes and modulation of financial contributions will be postponed to September/October (see Bulletin 02/19). During this workshop, the European Commission and Eunomia are expected to present draft guidance documents on cross-border cooperation for EPR schemes and eco-modulation of fees. The Commission has published a call for tender “Assistance to the European Commission on Technical, Socio-Economic, Environmental and Cost-Benefit Assessments related to the Implementation and further development of EU Waste legislation”. The purpose is to assist the Commission in assessing the implementation and development of EU waste legislation in a circular economy context. The deadline to submit an application is 12 August, and the project is expected to last 48 months. Furthermore, EUROSTAT published in June statistics on waste generation and treatment in the EU and several non-EU countries. The statistics showed that on average EU inhabitants generated approximately 5 tonnes of waste per inhabitant in 2016. The construction sector accounted for 36.4% of total waste in EU counties, whereas manufacturing accounted for 10.3%. As regards waste treatment, the statistics show that the quantity of recycled waste has increased by 24.7% compared with 2000.
ECHA Database
On 24 May ECHA shared with stakeholders a document outlining the detailed information requirements for the upcoming database established under the Waste Framework Directive (document available from the secretariat). ECHA’s proposal maintains the ‘article-centric’ approach, while introducing a new element “composition of concern”, where the Candidate List substance by itself or in a mixture would be linked to an article or complex article above the concentration threshold of 0.1% w/w. Furthermore, the technical document presents a series of mandatory and optional information requirements relating to the article. ECHA provided only two weeks for stakeholder feedback. In a document presented to the Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP (CARACAL) during the meeting on 1-2 July, ECHA stated that it received overall support for its proposal (document
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available from the secretariat). Some stakeholders questioned the legal basis for ECHA to request certain information, particularly as regards concentration limits of substances of very high concern present in an article. Furthermore, Member State authorities agreed with most of ECHA’s proposal, although further work needs to be done on what information will be mandatory and voluntary.
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Marina Guajardo
Water reuse On 26 June the Council concluded its general approach on the Proposal for a Regulation on minimum requirements for water reuse. The defining element of the Council’s position is the emphasis on the flexibility of the legislative instrument. As not all Member States have implemented measures for water re-use or found cost- effective measures, the Regulation should allow for Member States to implement measures at a later stage. Furthermore, the general approach provides detailed conditions for risk- management plans and outlines the need for coherence with existing standards and World Health Organisation guidelines. It introduces the responsibility to provide information to the public where water is re-used for agricultural irrigation. The information must be provided online or by other means of information and it must contain information on the proportion of reclaimed water, the existing permits and the risk-assessments. Last, the level of ambition is reduced on the scope of allowed uses for reclaimed water. The Council’s position limits it to agricultural uses, whereas the Parliament sought to expand it. In terms of next steps, the trilogue negotiations will start in the autumn under the Finnish Presidency. The rapporteur in the Parliament, MEP Simona Bonafè (IT, S&D), has been re-elected for the 2019-2024 term, therefore she will likely maintain the file.
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Marina Guajardo
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Water-using Products - Ecodesign for taps and showers In May, the EC Joint Research Centre published its final report on the follow-up of the MEErP Preparatory Study on Taps and Showers, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of the different policy options related to the water labels for taps and showers. Still in May, the European Bathroom Forum submitted to the European Commission a second version of the proposal aimed at getting a Voluntary Agreement (VA) for taps & showers. As for the next steps, the EC now intends to organise an Ecodesign Consultation Forum, which is tentatively foreseen for mid-September. The Consultation Forum will be the occasion for the EC to present its favourable policy option and for EBF to show and explain the advantages of getting a Voluntary Agreement for the Unified Water Label. Currently, the major objective for EBF in order to get a VA under the provisions of the Ecodesing Directive is to reach the threshold of 80% of market coverage (units put into the EU market) of products labelled with the Unified Water Label. After the Consultation Forum, the EC will start preparing an Inception Impact Assessment and a short public consultation.
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Luca Conti
Revision of the Drinking Water Directive Following the European Council’s general approach, Member States are currently exploring how the implementation of positive lists could work in practice. An informal experts’ group meeting took place on 4 June where Member States provided an overview of the state-of-play in their countries. Afterwards, the European Commission presented a proposal on how the Council’s general approach could be applied in practice. This proposal would involve ECHA taking over the responsibility of developing and managing the positive lists – building on the work already elaborated by the 4 Member States initiative. The latest intelligence indicates that there is a lack of agreement between the Commission services. The proposal of having ECHA manage the positive lists appears to be an initiative of the Directorate on Environment (DG ENVI). However, the Directorate for Internal Market (DG GROW) appears to be raising concern in separate meetings on the legal basis for this approach, and the incompatibility with the Construction Products Regulation.
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The trialogue negotiations are expected to start during the autumn. The former rapporteur, MEP Michel Dantin (EPP, FR) was not re-elected in the European elections. Therefore, a new rapporteur must be nominated following the constitution of the parliamentary committees.
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Marina Guajardo
Issues of General Interest
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is a voluntary system introduced in 2009 to promote environmental best practices in organisations. The EMAS Committee, gathering representatives of the EU Member States, is currently being consulted on a draft a sectoral reference document on best environment management practices in the waste management sector. The scrutiny period ends on 11 July. The draft document is available upon request to the Secretariat.
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Laure Dulière
EU Ecolabel On 3 July, the Commission Decision extending the validity of ecological criteria for EU ecolabel for televisions until 31 December 2020 and for the EU ecolabel for growing media, soil improvers and mulch until 30 June 2022 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a technical report update on the Revision finalisation of European Ecolabel Criteria for Televisions, under the product group Electronic displays. The draft Commission decision updating the criteria of electronic displays, including televisions and digital signage displays is available .
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Laure Dulière
Environmental Footprint After the Environmental Footprint (EF) pilot phase and in preparation for the adoption of policies, the Commission is launching initiatives for the EF transition phase that will run until the end of 2021. The transition phase has 3 main objectives: 1. Monitoring the implementation of existing Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs) and Organisation Environmental Footprint Sector Rules (OEFSRs) 2. Developing new product environmental footprint rules (PEFCRs)/ and organisation environmental footprint rules (OEFSRs) 3. Advancing methodological developments In this context, DG ENVI and DG GROW have issued a call for volunteers (extended until 26 August) concerning the development of new PEFCRs/ OEFSRs. The Commission expects to accept 10 to 14 projects, to be started in September 2019. For each project, a technical secretariat representing at least 51% of the EU product market turnover should be set up. The secretariat should strive to include at least one SME and one NGO representative. A Commission presentation providing further information, including training sessions for participants is available here. Author : Laure Dulière
Sustainable finance On 18 June, the Commission published new guidelines on corporate climate-related information reporting. These guidelines will provide companies with practical recommendations on how to better report the impact that their activities are having on the climate as well as the impact of climate change on their business. They are not legally binding and included in the non-financial reporting rules.
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European Commission Technical Working Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) The Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance has published three reports aiming at helping the European Commission to develop instruments to encourage sustainable finance investments. 1. EU taxonomy report compiles 67 sustainable economic activities. It identified low-carbon activities such as zero-emissions transport but also transition activities like manufacturing of iron and steel (a summary is available here). This report will be the basis for a future EU taxonomy legislation. The experts’ mandate has been extended until end of 2019 to further develop the screening of activities. Stakeholders have the opportunity to give their opinion on the report via call for feedback open until 13 September. 2. The EU Green Bond Standard report recommends clear and comparable criteria for issuing green bonds (summary). In particular, it will determine which climate and environmentally-friendly activities should be eligible for funding via an EU green bond. Also here, the experts mandate has been extended until the end of 2019 to advise the Commission on adapting the standard to the EU taxonomy developments. 3. The EU climate benchmarks and benchmarks' ESG (Environmental, social and governance factors) disclosures report sets out the methodology and minimum technical requirements for indices that will enable financial sector professionals to orient the choice of investors who wish to adopt a climate- conscious investment strategy (summary). It addresses the risk of greenwashing by improving the transparency of the benchmarks. The report is open for stakeholders’ feedback until 2 August and a final report will be published in September 2019. Delegated acts are expected to be adopted in 2020.
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Laure Dulière
7th Environmental Action Plan (EAP) The evaluation of the 7th EAP was finalised on 15 May. Amongst the main findings of the Evaluation Report, is the conclusion that the action programme has provided an overall effective framework for strategic action in the field of European environmental policy. However, the action plan could have benefitted from having a monitoring tool to follow the progress and more resources to achieve the full
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objectives. Furthermore, given the high amount of concrete actions it sought to deliver it would have benefitted from a prioritisation of objectives. In terms of next steps, it will depend on the incoming Commission to develop a subsequent Environmental Action Plan. The findings of the report and accompanying supporting documents will inform any future programme.
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Marina Guajardo
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ENERGY
Energy Efficiency
Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD)
The Commission has published two recommendations on the EPBD implementation in the Official Journal. The first recommendation published in May focuses on Long- term renovation strategies. As a reminder, each Member State has an obligation under the EPBD to submit its long-term renovation strategies by 10 March 2020. The recommendations list all the different elements these strategies should include: an overview of the building stock, cost-effective approaches to renovation and policies to address worst-performing buildings. These guidelines also include information on how to calculate the energy performance of a building. The second recommendation published in June focuses on building modernisation. Within this context, the guidelines address the technical questions regarding the application of requirements on technical building systems. It also provides further guidance on the application of requirements on inspections, including guidance on the systems that would be covered following the change of energy thresholds and the inclusion of combined systems. The recommendations also provide information on the deployment of recharging infrastructure for e-mobility and guidance on the calculation of the primary energy factor.
Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) Meetings of the two topical groups working on the Calculation Methodology and the SRI value proposition have taken place. These meetings are formed by small groups of experts from industry and NGOs. The purpose is to work together to provide input to the study team on further refining the SRI. Documents from these meetings are available from the secretariat. As a next step, the SRI will be available for testing. This will be available for selected stakeholders in the topical group during August. In September, the SRI testing will be possible for any interested stakeholders. In order to participate, interested parties
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may register as a stakeholder on the study website. Afterwards, the study team will present their findings at the second stakeholder meeting in October (date to be confirmed).
Feasibility study on Article 19a On 24 June the Commission hosted the first stakeholder meeting on the feasibility study for Article 19a of the EPBD. This study is divided into two parts: 1) the potential of developing an inspection system for standalone ventilation systems, and 2) the potential of developing a building renovation passport. As regards the inspections for standalone ventilation systems, the study team presented the scope of systems to be considered: ventilation systems the sole function of which is to ventilate a building (including ventilation systems with heat recovery). Systems in residential and non-residential buildings are included in the scope, but not those in industrial buildings. Ireland and France provided examples of existing inspections systems in their countries and how they function. During the meeting, different policy options were discussed with no strong consensus. The study team noted that there were other alternatives to inspections that could increase the energy efficiency of the products. The second session focused on building renovation passports. The study team presented an overview of existing schemes and there were presentations from Germany and Flanders. The building renovation passport at the moment appears to be a tool mainly directed towards residential buildings. A summary of the meeting is available from the secretariat. A next meeting will tentatively take place on 28 November.
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Marina Guajardo
Energy Labelling Regulation
The Commission announced that a new version of the European Product Database for Energy Labelling (EPREL) has been made available in the PRODUCTION environment. This version fixes a few issues identified by suppliers when uploading their product models to the database either manually or through system-to-system communications. This version introduces new labels for space heaters and combination heaters. It also includes new functionalities for certain product groups (space heaters/combination heaters, water heaters and air conditioners).
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Furthermore, the “equivalent models” functionality has been improved to avoid duplication of information. The Commission has also published new guidelines on the mandatory and optional fields for user interface. The Commission will continue to implement new functionalities and more labels and product information sheets.
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Marina Guajardo
Ecodesign Directive On 5 July the European Commission hosted a Consultation Forum meeting on the potential to establish a potential scoring system for reparability. Ahead of the meeting, the Commission shared a discussion document (available from the secretariat) where it outlined a series of policy options for establishing a potential label showcasing information on reparability. During the meeting, many of the Member States expressed overall support for the initiative, but questions remain on how it would be implemented. Stakeholders noted the complexity of the issue, highlighting that some products may have long durability but not be easily reparable and vice versa. Furthermore, stakeholders raised questions on the different criteria present in the scoring system and their applicability to individual product groups (meeting notes available from the secretariat). The Commission will continue to accept written feedback on the discussion document until the end of August. These can be addressed to: JRC-B5- [email protected]. As a next step, the Commission will launch a consumer study that will run from July until December 2019. In early 2020 the Commission would then potentially present a draft proposal to be discussed in the Consultation Forum. After the outcomes of the discussion in the Consultation Forum, the Commission would launch an impact assessment if needed. It must be noted, that several stakeholders pointed out that this timeline is very ambitious. Furthermore, DG GROW hosted on 28 May a workshop in Brussels on “The future of the MEErP (Methodology for the Ecodesign of Energy-related products) – reinforcement of circular economy aspects in the methodology”. The workshop was mainly composed by presentations (available from the secretariat) and there did not appear to be a clear outcome on the way forward for the discussions. The Commission will continue to accept written feedback over the summer and will afterwards decide on the way forward.
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Author :
Marina Guajardo
Ecodesign Directive - Update on Lots / implementing measures
Ecodesign Package: as a reminder, the product-specific measures on electronic displays, motors, lighting products, commercial refrigeration, external power supplies and transformers amongst others will be published during the summer in the Official Journal. Ventilation Units, ENTR Lot 6: on 29 May the first stakeholder meeting took place. The minutes and presentations are available on the website. Stakeholders raised concerns that historical buildings being exempted from the scope created a loophole and requested the Commission and study team to investigate a solution. As a next step the study team aims to finalise its data collection and to present a first draft of the report for Commission scrutiny by December 2019. Air conditioners, ENER Lot 10: a Consultation Forum meeting, supposed to take place on 2 July, has been postponed until further notice. Circulators, ENTR Lot 11: on 13 June the Commission held the Consultation Forum meeting on circulators. For further information and meeting documents please contact the secretariat. Local space heaters, ENER 20: a Consultation Forum meeting, supposed to take place on 3 July, has been postponed until further notice. Compressors, ENER Lot 31: the Consultation Forum meeting that was supposed to take place on 4 July focusing on low-pressure and oil-free compressors has been delayed. No new dates have been provided by the Commission. BACS, ENER Lot 38: DG Energy has been finalising the agreement with the contractor and the full preparatory study should be launched during the summer. High Pressure Cleaners: the JRC and the Commission hosted the third stakeholder meeting on 17 June. During this meeting, the study team presented the main outcomes and policy recommendations of their draft report. In order to improve the energy efficiency of products, the study analyses the potential of implementing design modifications on the pump and motor, as well as introducing potential material efficiency requirements. However, the preferred option appears to be developing a standard to test cleaning efficiency. The study will be finalised by end of 2019. Stakeholders may submit their comments on the draft report by 10 September to: [email protected]
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Batteries: during the stakeholder meeting on 2 May, the Commission informed that they foresee implementing a stand-alone regulation outside the scope of ecodesign to implement a measure on batteries. Such a standalone measure could also potentially introduce requirements on minimum lifetime and second life applications. The Commission will launch during the summer a follow-up study to measure the carbon footprint of batteries, building on the Product Environmental Footprint methodology. A third stakeholder meeting is foreseen for September/October for the Commission to present the outcomes of this study and the next steps. In parallel, the Commission launched a public consultation on sustainable requirements for batteries. The feedback received will be used in preparation for an impact assessment on this potential measure on batteries. The deadline for comments is 8 August.
Author :
Marina Guajardo
Issues of General Interest
Energy Union National Energy and Climate Plans
The new Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union requests the EU Member States to provide National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) outlining the actions national governments will take to reach the collective energy and climate goals set by the EU as part of its obligation under the Paris Agreement. NECPs provide a comprehensive plan for the period 2012-2030, covering the five dimensions of the Energy Union: • Security, solidarity and trust (diversifying the energy sources and ensuring energy security) • A fully integrated internal energy market • Energy efficiency • Climate action and decarbonising the economy • Research, innovation and competitiveness
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On 18 June, the Commission published its recommendations via a Communication assessing the 28 draft NECPs as a whole, together with specific recommendations for each Member State and a detailed report on the assessment methodology. In its analysis of the draft national plans, the Commission looked at their aggregated contribution to meeting the EU's Energy Union objectives and 2030 targets. The Commission concluded that the draft NECPs fall short both in terms of renewables and energy efficiency contributions. • For renewables, the gap could be as big as 1.6 percentage points. • For energy efficiency, the gap can be as big as 6.2 percentage points (if considering primary energy consumption) or 6 percentage points (if considering final energy consumption).
In view of delivering their final NECP, Member States will have to take due account of the Commission's recommendations or make public their reasons not to. Member States are also required to involve the public in the preparation of the final plans by the end of the year. The deadline for submitting the final plans is set for 31 December 2019.
Clean Energy Package
The final proposals part of the “Clean Energy Package for all Europeans”, namely the Electricity Directive, Electricity Regulation, ACER Regulation and Regulation on risk preparedness of the electricity sector were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 14 June. The legislation comes into force 20 days after publication. Please see the link to the official texts below: Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity Regulation (EU) 2019/942 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators Regulation (EU) 2019/941 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on risk-preparedness in the electricity sector and repealing Directive 2005/89/EC
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Author :
Laure Dulière
Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficiency Directive
On 23 May, the Regulation amending Annexes VIII and IX on the revised requirements for a comprehensive assessment on the potential for energy efficiency in heating and cooling was published in the Official Journal. As a reminder, each Member State must carry out every five years an assessment on the potential for heating and cooling under the framework of the EED 2012/27/EU. This regulation seeks to simplify the requirements and the information that needs to be transmitted. The next assessment needs to be presented by 31 December 2020. For further information please see Bulletin 02/19.
Author :
Marina Guajardo
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DECARBONISATION
& CLIMATE CHANGE
F-gases F-Gas issues were raised by two Members of the European Parliament who drafted written questions to the European Commission (EC). MEP Leinen (S&D) asked the EC how it cooperates with national authorities to tackle Illicit trade in refrigerants, and if it seeks to work with Asian counterparts to identify and track exports of refrigerants destined for the EU market. The EC is supposed to reply in the next weeks. On another F-Gas related topic, MEP Tamburrano (EFDD) raised a concern for EU-manufactured pre-charged appliances exported outside the EU, to which the EC replied. At legislative level, in May the notice to undertakings intending to place hydrofluorocarbons in bulk on the market in the European Union in 2020 was published in the EU Official Journal.
Author :
Olivier Janin
Issues of General Interest
Long-term decarbonisation strategy The European Council meeting of 20-21 June was unable to reach a consensus on the 2050 decarbonisation strategy. While some of the larger members expressed support for it, other countries with a higher dependence on fossil-fuels rejected the high targets without an effort-sharing mechanism to help alleviate the costs to transition to a decarbonised economy. The Council Conclusions from this meeting briefly touch on climate action, noting that the Council will finalise its guidance before the end of the year, in order to submit its long-term strategy to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) by early next year.
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Author :
Laure Dulière
Revision of EU Emissions Trading Scheme The Commission announced that emissions of greenhouse gases from all operators covered by the EU ETS have decreased by 3.9% in 2018. The EU ETS covers more than 11,000 power plants and manufacturing installations in the 28 EU Member States and Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, as well as emissions from around 500 airlines flying between European airports. A reduction of 4,1% of emissions was observed in stationary installations in particular in the energy sector, reflecting the growing share of renewable energy sources. In contrast, the aviation sector saw a 3.9% increase compared to 2017. The data was collected in the framework of the verified emissions reporting obligation under the EU ETS. The data is publicly available on the European Union Transaction Log (EUTL). In the meantime, an official EU citizen petition to set up a minimum carbon price and cancelling free ETS permits was registered by the Commission on 3 July. If the petition is signed by one million European citizens in one year, the Commission will be required to provide a response.
Author :
Laure Dulière
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RESEARCH &
INNOVATION
“Horizon Europe” (2021-2027) While both the European Parliament and the Council have come to a political agreement on the next EU R&D Framework Programme (Horizon Europe), the entire financial part, which is negotiated as part of the overall Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and has to take the Brexit into account, still has to be adopted. The conclusions of the European Council’s meeting of 21/22 June indicate that “the European Council will hold an exchange of views in October 2019, aiming for an agreement before the end of the year”.
Author :
Pierre Lucas
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PUBLICATIONS & EVENTS
PUBLICATIONS
Author Date Title
European Parliament May 2019 Workshop – Balanced and fairer world trade defence
European Parliament May 2019 Workshop – Strengthening competitiveness of the internal market by developing the EU customs union and its governance
International Trade Centre May 2019 Study – The European & European Commission Union market for DG Trade sustainable products
OECD June 2019 Report – Transforming Industry through CCUS
OECD June 2019 Report – Technology Innovation to Accelerate Energy Transitions
OECD June 2019 Report – Artificial Intelligence in Society
European Environment June 2019 Report – Preventing plastic Agency waste in Europe
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European Environment June 2019 Report – Building a Agency climate-resilient low- carbon energy system
European Commission June 2019 Quarterly report on European Electricity Markets
European Commission June 2019 Quarterly report on European Gas Markets
European Commission June 2019 Study – China: Challenges and prospects from an industrial and innovation powerhouse
European Commission June 2019 Study – From nearly-zero energy buildings to net- zero energy districts
European Commission June 2019 Study – Chemicals innovation action agenda
European Parliament June 2019 Study – How to tackle challenges in a future- oriented EU industrial strategy?
European Parliament June 2019 At a glance – What if policy anticipated advances in science and technology?
WTO June 2019 Report - WTO issues 2019 Annual Report
WTO June 2019 Report - WTO issues updated dispute settlement case summaries
International Energy June 2019 Report – Energy Agency Technology Innovation Partnerships
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Delegation of European June 2019 Guide – Guide to the EU- Union to Vietnam Vietnam Trade and Investment Agreements
European Parliament June 2019 Workshop - Balanced and fairer world trade defence EU, US and WTO perspectives
European Commission June 2019 Report - Trade and Investment Barriers Report (TIBR)
European Commission June 2019 List of national screening mechanisms & Memo FAQs - Foreign Direct Investments Screening
Council of the EU June 2019 Guidelines - EU human rights guidelines on safe drinking water and sanitation
OECD July 2019 Report – Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development 2019
EVENTS
Organiser Date Name & Location
European Commission 5 September European High Level Conference on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Oslo, Norway
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Science|Business 10 September Horizon Europe: New Parliament, new Commission, new agenda Brussels, Belgium
European Commission 16-17 September Horizon 2020 Environment and Resources Information Days Brussels, Belgium
ECHA 23-24 September Workshop on REACH Review Action 3 Helsinki, Finland
European Commission 24-26 September European Research and Innovation Days Brussels, Belgium
European Commission 25-26 September ENISA Trust Forum
Berlin, Germany
ENISA 26 September 7th ENISA National Cyber Security Strategies (NCSS) workshop Warsaw, Poland
European Commission and 30 September – 1 October European Days for Finnish Presidency Sustainable Circular Economy Helsinki, Finland
Mark-Com Event 3 October AI Convention Europe 2019 Brussels, Belgium
World Trade Organisation 8-10 October Trading Forward: Adapting to a Changing World Geneva, Switzerland
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Institute for Sustainability 15-18 October European Roundtable on Science and Technology of Sustainable Consumption the Universitat Politècnica and Production de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain
European Commission 14-15 November 13th SET Plan conference 2019 Helsinki, Finland
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