EuChemS Brussels News Updates • July 2016

European Highlights

Chemists Urge Israel to Ban Chemical Weapons

The President of the Israeli Chemical Society, Prof. Ehud Keinan, has published an open letter urging the ratification of the … Read more

EuCheMS and RSC on the Outcome of the British Referendum

Following the vote by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, both EuCheMS and the UK´s Royal Society of … Read more

A First Look at the Slovak Presidency Programme

Earlier this month, Slovakia started its Presidency of the Council of the EU, a role which will have until the … Read more

Consequences of British Referendum to H2020

The Statement of 29 June of the Heads of State or Government of 27 Member States, as well as the … Read more

EuCheMS Response to Public Consultation on Horizon 2020 ‘Science with and for Society’

EuCheMS has recently submitted a response to the Public consultation on Horizon 2020 ‘Science with and for Society’ Work Programme 2018-2020 … Read more

OECD Report on the Economic Consequences of Outdoor Air Pollution

The report, published in June, is part of the “Costs of Inaction and Resource scarcity: consequences for Long-term Economic growth” … Read more

Air Quality Legislation: MEPs Strike Deal with Council

Plans for more ambitious national caps on emissions of key pollutants by 2030 were informally agreed by MEPs and the … Read more

Survey on Antimicrobial Resistance

As part of its wider strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the European Commission has published a Special Eurobarometer survey, … Read more

Commission Presents Scientific Criteria to Identify Endocrine Disruptors

Following consecutive delays and repeated pressure from the European Parliament, the European Commission has presented last month the criteria to … Read more

Knowing More About Citizen Science

The survey on data management in Citizen Science projects was set up as an open call via Citizen Science associations, … Read more

ERC Awards 44 Proof of Concept Grants

Earlier this month, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the names of 44 of its grant holders who will receive … Read more

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Raising Awareness About Entrepreneurial Skills

As part of the Skills Agenda for Europe, the Commission has published an ‘Entrepreneurship Competence Framework’ (EntreComp) to raise consensus … Read more

Bosnia and Herzegovina Joins COSME

SMEs and entrepreneurs from Bosnia and Herzegovina will now be able to participate in COSME, the Competitiveness of Enterprises and … Read more

Aligning Chemicals´ Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation

Earlier this year, the European Commission adopted legislation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (the ‘CLP … Read more

New Emissions Requirements for the Production of Non-Ferrous Metals

The Commission implementing decision on Best Available Techniques (BAT) conclusions for the non-ferrous metals industries has now been published. BAT … Read more

Consultations & Roadmaps

Public Consultation on the Active Substance Mepanipyrim

EFSA will assess and publish all comments from interested parties, which are submitted in line with the consultation criteria in … Read more

Public Consultation on the Joint Programming on Metrology Research

The metrology initiatives, set up under Article 185 TFEU, European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) and its successor European Metrology Programme … Read more

REFIT Evaluation in on the Implementation of REACH

The EU Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) has been in force since … Read more

Evaluation of the Fuel Quality Directive 98/70/EC of 13 October 1998 Relating to the Quality Of Petrol and Diesel Fuels as Amended

The evaluation should help the Commission to 1) have a better understanding of why and/or how current EU legislation has … Read more