EU-Kommission veröffentlicht Fahrplan für EDCs Kriteriumsoptionen
Der EU-Fahrplan, um Kriterien zu veranlassen, EDCs laut der EU-Gesetzgebung zu identifizieren, ist schließlich veröffentlicht worden. Es legt mehrere Politikoptionen für die EDC Kriterien und verschiedenen möglichen Annäherungen an die Durchführungsbeschlussfassung dar. Wie man erwartet, wird eine öffentliche Beratung über die Optionen bald gestartet. ....
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posted on 26 June 2014
EU Commission publishes roadmap for EDCs criteria options
The EU roadmap to set criteria to identify EDCs under EU legislation has finally been published. It sets out several policy options for the EDC criteria and different possible approaches to regulatory decision-making. A public consultation on the options is expected to be launched soon.
The roadmap sets out the Commission’s plans for an impact assessment of three different criteria scenarios to define EDCs. The Commission, which was due to propose criteria in December 2013, had announced last summer that it would have to do an impact assessment first.
Some NGOs have already expressed disappointment that the roadmap indicates the Commission is moving back towards a more risk-based approach to EDCs, in contradiction to the Pesticides and Biocides laws which were approved by the EU Parliament and the Council of Ministers.
Although HEAL welcomes that the roadmap is finally published and the impact assessment process moving ahead, we note that the roadmap makes little mention of the health and environmental benefits of the establishment of scientific and regulatory criteria for society as a whole. While EDC criteria are required only by the Biocides and Pesticides regulations, the EU Council and Parliament in several instances have called on the Commission to establish horizontal, hazard-based scientific criteria to identify EDCs, because it will be relevant to other legislation which regulate EDCs such as REACH, Cosmetics, Medical Devices, the Water Framework Regulation, Pharmaceuticals, and Food Contact Materials. ...
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