Transcript REACH – State of Play

Germany’s EU Council
Presidency in 2007
Focal issue: Environment Innovation – Employment
Focal issue: Environment - Innovation –
Employment
Strategic approach for the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU):
Environmental policy is also economic policy – ecological industrial policy
Competition and employment are strengthened by the development of
resource- and energy-efficient technologies
The global challenges of climate protection and resource shortages
necessitate “green” innovations
Ecological industrial policy comprises a comprehensive package of measures
and must become a concrete element of the Lisbon Strategy
Operationalisation through concrete EU dossiers and the informal meeting of
EU Environment Ministers in Essen
I. Focal points of the Presidency
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Ecological industrial policy
Climate policy
Energy policy
Environmentally sound mobility
Biodiversity
II. Further key issues
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Priorities
Cross-cutting issues: Lisbon Strategy
Restricting hazardous substance emissions in the water sector
Waste policy
Chemicals policy
Soil conservation
Others
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL
20 FEBRUARY 2007
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Climate Change
Council conclusions
Contribution to the Spring European Council (“Key Issues Paper”)
Council conclusions
Proposal for a Directive for inclusion of aviation in the EU emission trading scheme
Policy debate
Review of the Community Strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from passenger cars
Policy debate
Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides
Council conclusions
Adaptation to Climate Change / Symposium on Climate Change and the European Water
Dimension, Vulnerability - Impacts - Adaptation (12 – 14 February 2007, Berlin)
Presentation of the Green Paper by the Commission
Information from the Presidency
Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a
framework for the protection of soil and amending Directive 2004/35/EC
Policy debate
Biodiversity: Preparation of the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9) (Bonn, 19 to 30 May 2008)
Information from the Presidency
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL
28 / (poss.) 29 JUNE 2007
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Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste
Political agreement
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in
the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC
Political agreement
Review of the EU emissions trading scheme
Council conclusions
Biodiversity: Preparation of the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on
Biological Diversity (COP 9) (Bonn, 19 to 30 May 2008)
Council conclusions
Proposal for a Directive for inclusion of aviation in the EU emission trading scheme
Progress report / Political agreement
Review of the 6th Environment Action Plan
Council conclusions
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the banning of exports and the
safe storage of metallic mercury
Political agreement
Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 98/70 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels
Political agreement
Environment, innovation, employment (from the informal meeting of environment ministers)
Council conclusions
Review of the Community Strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from passenger cars
Council conclusions
Revision of the EU regulation on Implementation of the Rotterdam Convention (PIC-regulation)
Political agreement
(poss.) Exhaust gas emission from heavy duty vehicles (EURO VI)
Presentation by the Commission / (poss.) Policy debate
(poss.) Green Paper of the Commission on ship dismantling
Presentation by the Commission / (poss.) Policy debate
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the council establishing a framework for Community
action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides
Information by the Presidency
2nd readings
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Air Quality Directive
Flooding Directive
(?) Marine Environment (?)
Conciliation
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Life +
Focal points of the Presidency in the field of.…
Action Plan Energy Policy for Europe
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Further development of internal electricity / gas market
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“Clean coal”
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Energy efficiency
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Renewable energies
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International energy relations
ENVIRONMENT WORK PROGRAMME
January 2007
Monday, 8 January
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WP on the Environment
Presentation of programm (a.m.)
WP on International Environmental Issues /Internat.
Chemicals
Tuesday, 9 January
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WP on the Environment
Waste
WP on International Environmental Issues /Internat.
Chemicals
Wednesday, 10 January
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WP on International Environmental Issues/Global
Thursday, 11 January
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WP on International Environmental Issues/Climate
Change
Friday, 12 January
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WP on the Environment
Pesticides (a.m)/Soil –Directive & Strategy (p.m)
Monday, 15 January
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WP on the Environment
ETS & Aviation
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Thursday, 18 January
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WP on the Environment
Waste
Friday, 19 January
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WP on the Environment
Lisbon-Strategy/ Contribution to the Spring Council
Monday, 22 January
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WP on International Environmental Issues/
evtl. Expertengruppe Chemikalien
Tuesday, 23 January
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WP on International Environmental Issues/Global
Wednesday, 24 January
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WP on the Environment
Priority substances
Thursday, 25 January
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WP on the Environment
Pesticides (a.m.)/(poss) CO2-emissions for cars
Friday, 26 January
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WP on the Environment
Lisbon-Strategy/ Contribution to the Spring Council
Monday, 29 January
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WP on the Environment
Flooding-Directive (p.m.)
Tuesday, 30 January
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WP on the Environment
Soil-Directive & Strategy
Working Party on International Environmental Issues
(WPIEI)
during German Presidency of the EU
January - June 2007
Schedule of WPIEI Meetings:
Climate Change
11.01., 01.02., 22.02., 29.03., 27.04., 07.06.
Global (UNEP/CSD)
10.01., 23.01., 14.03., 28.03., 18.04.
Biodiversity
07.02., 21.03., 25.04., 23.05., 06.06.
CITES
15.03., 16.04., 24.04., 25.05.
Chemicals (SAICM, POPs)
08.01, 09.01., (experts: 22.1.), 13.03., 30.3., 20.04.,
Basel, PIC, POPs (Synergy)
28.02., 22.5.
Montreal Protocol
10.05., 30.05.
Horizontal Issues
27.3.
Gothenborg Protocol
13.04.
Aarhus
23.04. (a.m.), 30.04. (a.m.)
Espoo, SEA Protocol
23.03. (a.m), 23.04. (a.m.), 30.04. (a.m.)
Environment and Health
01.06. (a.m)
Biosafety
6.2., 31.5. (a.m.)
Desertification
17.01., 02.05., 20.06.
Chemicals (SAICM, POPs):
Alexander NIES
[email protected]
Alternate
Reiner ARNDT
[email protected]
+ 49 1888 305 2705
+49 1888 305 2740
Basel, PIC, POP (Synergy):
Reiner ARNDT
[email protected]
Andreas JARON
Andreas. [email protected]
+49 1888 305 2740
+49 1888 305 2570
Montreal Protocol:
Christian MEINEKE
[email protected]
Alternate
Rolf ENGELHARDT
[email protected]
+49 1888 305 2730
+49 1888 305 2751
Horizontal Issues:
Julia WERNER
[email protected]
Gothenborg-Protocol:
Reinhold GOERGEN
[email protected]
Alternate
Harald KEITER
[email protected]
+ 32 2 787 1143
+ 49 1888 305 2430
+ 49 1888 305 2431
Aarhus:
Ariane SCHENK
[email protected]
+49 1888 305 2259
Espoo, SEA Protocol
Matthias SAUER
[email protected]
+49 1888 305 2253
Environment and Health
Jörg LEBSANFT
[email protected]
+49 1888 305 2720
Biosafety:
Wolfgang KOEHLER
[email protected]
+49 1888 529 3356
Desertification:
Ralf WYRWINSKI
[email protected]
+49 1888 535 3736
Contacts WPIEI:
Chair
Climate Change:
Nicole WILKE
[email protected]
+49 1888 305 2311
Global (UNEP/CSD):
Stephan CONTIUS
[email protected]
+ 49 1888 305 2340
Biodiversity:
Nicola BREIER
[email protected]
+49 1888 305 2619
CITES:
Jochen FLASBARTH
[email protected]
Alternate
Elisabeth MUNZERT
elisabeth. [email protected]
+49 1888 305 2600
+49 1888 305 2633
Main International Environmental Meetings
during Germany’s EU presidency
January - June 2007
24th session of the United Nations’ Environment Programme (UNEP)
Governing Council and the Ministerial Forum
February 5-9, Nairobi
3rd ASEM Environment Ministers’ Meeting
March 13-15, Copenhagen
3rd Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on
Persistent Organic Pollutants (COP-3)
April 30-May 4, Dakar
15th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
April 30-Mai 11, New York
14th Conference of the Parties on the CITES Convention
June 3-15, Den Haag
Important meetings and conferences
during Germany’s EU presidency
January - June 2007
1. Meetings of the Council of the European Union
February 20, 2007
Environment Council, Brussels
June 1-3, 2007
Environment (informal), Essen
June 28-29, 2007
Environment Council, Luxembourg
2. Presidency Conferences
January 11-12, 2007
January 17-19, 2007
January 29 – 31, 2007
February 12-14, 2007
February 22-23, 2007
March 19, 2007
March 29-30, 2007
April 23-24, 2007
May 14-15, 2007
May 30 - June 1, 2007
May 30-31, 2007
May 30-June 1, 2007
June 3-5, 2007
June 17-19, 2007
Workshop on Practical Experiences with the Functioning of Compliance
Mechanisms under Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Potsdam
The German EU Presidency Informal Workshop on Climate Change, Potsdam
European Renewable Energy Policy Conference, Brussels
Symposium “Time to Adapt Climate Change and the European Water
Dimension, Vulnerability - Impacts – Adaption”, Berlin
EU Policy Workshop on Offshore Wind Power Deployment, Berlin
Network of EU Environmental Lawyers, Bonn
Workshop on Promoting Environment and Resource Conservation in the
European Security Strategy, Berlin
Conference on Nature Conservation, Agriculture and rural Development, Bonn
EU Nature Directors’ Meeting, Potsdam
IMPEL-Plenary Meeting, Berlin
European-Ecolabel-German Presidency Meeting, Berlin
Integrated Product Policy-German Presidency Meeting, Berlin
European Sustainability Berlin 2007 – ESB07: Linking Policies and
Implementation, Berlin
EU Water Directors’ Meeting, Dresden
List of International Environmental Meetings (Part.1)
International environmental meetings during Germany’s EU presidency
(January-June 2007)
January 17-19, 2007
1st Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on
Water and Health, Geneva
January 29-February 1, 2007
International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
Plenary Session, Working Group, Paris
February 14-16, 2007
Workshop on UN ECE Pollutant Release and
Transfer Registers (PRTR), Geneva
January, 23-25, 2007
International Symposium on Safety Cases for
Deep Disposal of Radioactive Waste – Where
do We Stand? Paris
February 26-March 1, 2007
CSD-15 Intergovernmental Preparatory
Meeting, New York
February 28-March 1, 2007
G 8 – Nuclear Safety and Security Group
Meeting (NSSG), Bonn
March 6, 2007
HELCOM Stakeholder Conference, Helsinki
March 15-17, 2007
G8 Environmental Ministerial, Potsdam
March, 19-21, 2007
International Commission on Radiation
Protection, Main Session, Essen
March 28-29, 2007
Western European Nuclear Regulators
Association (WENRA), Prague
List of International Environmental Meetings (Part.2)
April 2-5, 2007
April 19-20, 2007
April 22-27, 2007
April 23-24, 2007
April 25-26, 2007
April 25-27, 2007
April 30-May 4, 2007
May 2-4, 2007
May 7-18, 2007
May 21-23, 2007
May 23-25, 2007
May 24-25, 2007
May 28-June 1, 2007
June 4-8, 2007
June 25-29, 2007
International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Plenary Session, Working
Group, Brussels
3rd CBSS Ministers of Environment meeting held jointly with CBSS
Ministers of Agriculture, Stockholm
International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology,
Nice
International Conference on Environmental Radioactivity, Vienna
G 8 – Nuclear Safety and Security Group Meeting (NSSG), Bonn
2nd Meeting of the Open-ended ad hoc Working Group on NonCompliance, Dakar
International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Plenary Session, Working
Group, Bangkok
7th meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Aarhus
Convention, Geneva
26th Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, Bonn
10th Meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Espoo
Convention, Geneva
International Nuclear Regulators Association (INRA), Madrid
(poss.) 3rd Meeting of the Signatories to the Protocol on SEA, Geneva
The International Whaling Commission's 59th annual meeting, Anchorage
27th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the
Montreal Protocol, Nairobi
OSPAR Commission, Ostend
Key dates
Informal meeting of Environment Ministers:
“Environment - Innovation – Employment" - Perspective
2020: what does the EU have to do to support the lead
markets of the future?
Goals:
• Impetus for progress in developing modern environmental technologies and increasing
energy and resource efficiency as a future issue for environmental, economic and
employment policies
• Highlighting potential for innovations, concrete examples of eco-innovations, e.g. in the
energy and transport sectors
Essen
• EU initiative for an ecological industrial policy, R & D, market launch, regulatory
framework, new foreign trade promotion, institutional measures
Venue: Essen, Zeche Zollverein
Framework programme: exhibition,
visits to model innovative projects in the Ruhr region
Climate-neutral event (certificates for participants)
Key dates
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European Renewable Energy Policy Conference (BXL)
International Conference on Energy Efficiency
Symposium “Climate-Water" (Berlin)
EU Council of Energy Ministers (preparations
for European Council)
EU Council of Environment Ministers (preparations
for European Council)
EU Policy Workshop (offshore wind energy use)
Spring European Council (topic: energy policy in Europe)
Informal meeting of Environment Ministers (Essen)
EU Council of Energy Ministers (with dossiers on renewables)
EU Council of Environment Ministers
29-31 Jan 07
1 Feb 07
12-14 Feb 07
15 Feb 07
20 Feb 07
22/23 Feb 2007
8/9 March 07
1-3 June 07
8 June 07
28 June 07
Sharing of tasks in the Environment Team during the German Presidency of the EU
January – June 2007
Who
Tel.
Fax
Mobile
E-mail
Rainer Steffens
+32 2 787 11 40
+32 2 787 21 40
+32 475 65 21 68
rainer.steffens@diplo.
de
Christine Wistuba
+32 2 787 11 41
+32 2 787 21 41
+32 476 55 50 19
christine.wistuba
@diplo.de
Uli Hildebrandt
+32 2 787 1142
+32 2 787 2142
+32 479 900 421
Julia Werner
+32 2 787 11 43
+32 2 787 2143
+32 476 76 08 51
[email protected]
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Subjects
-Coordination
-Market Based
Instruments in
Environmental Policy
-Emissiontrading
-Ressource-Policy
-Soil and Plant
Protection
- Chemical Policy
- Water Policy
- Lisbon- Strategy
- Sustainable
Development
-Air quality
- Sustainable transport
- Waste
- Emissions from
vehicles
- Fuels
- Nature
Conservation
- Environmental
Information
- Horizontal Legal
Issues
- International Issues
Chairs/
Dossiers
ETS-Review
ETS & Aviation
Pesticides
Soil
6.EAP
- Contribution to
the Spring
Council
- Priority
Substances
- Mercury Export
Ban
- Floods (2nd
read)
- EnvironmentInnovationEmployment
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- Waste directive
- Fuel quality directive
- CO2 passenger cars
- Air quality directive
(2nd
reading)
- Life+
- Marine
Environment
- PIC Amendment
- WPIEI Horizontal
[email protected]
Assistant of the Environment Team:
Marie-Anne Volcke
Tel +32 2 787 11 12
Fax +32 2 787 21 12
E-mail [email protected]
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Contact persons for GMO:
Ulrike Kassner
Tel + 32 2 787 13 45
Fax + 32 2 78723 45
E-mail [email protected]
Christiane Henning
Tel + 32 2 787 13 44
Fax + 32 2 787 23 44
E-mail [email protected]
„You can find something better than death everywhere…….”
“Meeting of the
Environment Working Party”
in Bremen (& Cuxhaven)
in May 2006 (14-16.05.07)
“On the route of the Bremen Town Musicians” (Tidelands near Cuxhaven)
See you in 2007 (……hopefully not more often as you would like to see us)