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Hey, welcome to the Brussels News Updates (BNU), EuChemS’ newsletter for policy makers, chemists, entrepreneurs and citizens who have an interest in chemistry. The BNU newsletter keeps you up to date on the latest chemistry-related and science-policy news, awards, consultations and upcoming events in Europe and beyond.

We are delighted to release the complete programme of our upcoming webinar ‘The Carbon element – Key towards a sustainable society’. You are all kindly invited to join us online on Thursday 22 April. This month, carbon was not the only element that monopolised EuChemS science-policy activities: we also answered to the Public Consultation of the European Commission on Mercury.

In this issue, you will also find news about the new Open Research Europe publishing platform, EFSA-related updates and information about the EU Chemicals strategy for sustainability. We also bring you the news about the ENVI committee recommendations on the pesticides ban in the EU and the inauguration of the UNESCO’s International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI).

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Complete programme for the upcoming webinar ‘The Carbon Element’ now available

The European Chemical Society, EuChemS, is organising a webinar ‘The Carbon element – Key towards a sustainable society’. The webinar will take place online on Thursday 22 April, from 10:00 to 16:30 CEST // morning session: 10:00 12:00 CEST – afternoon session: 13:30-16:30 CEST.

The webinar will be chaired by Nicola Armaroli (EuChemS Executive Board member, CNR) and hosted by Floris Rutjes (EuChemS President, Radboud University). Speakers from the international Chemistry community and the EU institutions will address scientific and policy-related topics.

Discover more about it here.

EuChemS answers to Public Consultation on Mercury

The European Chemical Society has recently answered to the European Commission’s public consultation with regards to the upcoming repeal on the Mercury Regulation.

Relying on its previous contribution to the public consultation for the last Mercury Regulation repeal in 2014, EuChemS could provide its views on the Commission’s plan for a complete Mercury phasing-down process to be completed by 2030.

Read more about it here.

The European Commission launched the Open Research Europe publishing platform for scientific papers

On 24 March 2021, the European Commission launched the Open Research Europe publishing platform. In its press release, the European Commission present this platform as a tool to support open science and transparency in the scientific publishing process within the EU. Open Research Europe will also enable rigorous open peer review and fast publication.

Furthermore, Open Research Europe is free-of-charge, making the platform accessible for everyone.

Read the full article here.

The Council of the European Union endorses EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability

On 15 March 2021, the Council of the European Union approved the conclusions on the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, adopted by the European Commission in October 2020.

This new strategy for chemicals sets the long-term vision for the EU chemicals policy and aims to ban the most harmful chemicals in consumer products and to phase-out hazardous chemicals that affect vulnerable groups.

Read the full article here.

ENVI Committee meets on the EU pesticides ban export

On 23 March 2021, the DG SANTE, discussed during the ENVI committee meeting the regulation on EU pesticides ban export. Currently, pesticides banned in the EU can be found in products that the EU imports from third countries, where pesticides regulation is different.

Read our full debrief here.

New Transparency Rules for EFSA’s Risk Assessment

As of 27 March 2021, the new regulation Transparency Regulation (EU) 2019/1381, passed by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, will be put into application. This regulation will foster the ability of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to carry out its risk assessments while complying with the highest transparency standards. It also aims to increase the independence of studies, to strengthen governance and scientific cooperation and to develop a comprehensive risk communication.

Read the full article here.

UNESCO’s new International Research Centre on AI

On 30 and 31 March 2021, the UNESCO’s International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) was inaugurated online by the Republic of Slovenia’s President, Borut Pahor, and the UNESCO’s Director General, Audrey Azoulay. This Center is under the auspices of UNESCO at Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI), Ljubljana, Slovenia. IRCAI’s objectives are to provide a coordination point, funding route and exploitation accelerator for approaches to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that make use of AI.

Read our full debrief here.

What's up with GDPR?

The Federation of European Academies of Science (FEAM) has recently released its “International Sharing of Personal Health Data for Research” report.

Part of the statements draw on discussions from the ISC’s GDPR Webinar that was hosted back in 2019 and which second session is to take place in September 2021.

Read the full article here.

European Commission Public Consultations and Roadmaps

A number of consultations and roadmaps put forward by the European Commission are currently open:

Public consultation on Healthy Soils – new EU soil strategy
Deadline: 27 April 2021
Public consultation on Climate change – new rules to prevent methane leakage in the energy sector
Deadline: 1 May 2021
Public consultation on Sustainable products initiatives
Deadline: 9 June 2021
Public consultation on Gas networks – revision of EU rules on market access
Deadline: 18 June

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European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) public consultations

A number of consultations put forward by ECHA are currently open.
You can take a look at them here.

Consultation on eight proposals to identify new substances of very high concern – comment by 23 April 2021.
Consultation on the restriction proposal of lead in outdoor shooting and fishing – comment by 24 September 2021.

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European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) public consultations

A number of consultations put forward by EFSA are currently open.
You can take a look at them here.

Public consultation on the draft EFSA Strategy 2027
Deadline: 2 May 2021 – 23:59 (CEST)
Public consultation on the draft scientific guidance for the submission of dossiers on food enzyme
Deadline: 9 May 2021 – 23:59 (CEST)
Public consultation on a draft updated Guidance on the assessment of exposure of operators, workers, residents and bystanders in risk assessment for plant protection products
Deadline: 9 May 2021 – 23:59 (CEST)

ERC Consolidator Grants

The call for the ERC Consolidator Grants is currently open.

ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support scientists wishing to consolidate their own independent research team or programme in Europe. The ERC Consolidator Grants opened for researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD. Applications can be made in any field of research.

Deadline: 20 April 2021
Click here for more information about it.

Read our full debrief here.

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EIC Accelerator calls

As the European Commission has recently launched the new European Innovation Council, the first EIC Accelerator calls.

Find out more about EIC calls here.
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EIT Raw Materials Call for projects 2022

The Call for Projects 2022 of the EIT Raw Materials is now open.

Partners of the EIT Raw Materials are encouraged to submit new project proposals that will generate a significant impact on European industrial competitiveness, innovation capacity and human capital, as well as empower students and entrepreneurs driving towards the circular economy and the contribution towards the European Union Green Deal goals.

Deadline: 1 September 2021 (13:00 CEST)
Website: https://bit.ly/39bCeve
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Call for continuous collection of chemical contaminants occurrence data in food and feed

The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has received from the European Commission a mandate to collect all data available on the occurrence of chemical contaminants in food and feed.

The list of contaminants (with their specific deadlines for each one) is available here.

Deadline: depending on the elements targeted, between 31 May and 1 October 2021.
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Call of Interest for CHESAR and EUSES combination

The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has opened the call for the ECHA stakeholders on the combination of the CHESAR and EUSES platforms. ECHA initiated a survey to collect information.

More details about the survey: https://bit.ly/3aaIcNA
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Call for tenders for framework contractors for EMA-funded-studies

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) opened a Call for tenders for framework contractors for EMA-funded-studies.

Deadline: 30 April 2021
Website: https://bit.ly/3gaZspJ


	EUCHEMS EVENTS CALENDAR In the current environment and status of COVID-19, some events are being postponed or cancelled. For more details on the upcoming events from the EuChemS Events Calendar, which is being updated on a regular basis, please click here.

Sustainable Chemistry Lecture Series – SCLS
21 April 2021
Online

Website: https://bit.ly/3scY34v

The Carbon Element – Key towards a sustainable society
22 April 2021
Online

Website: https://www.euchems.eu/carbon-element-webinar/

Cutting-Edge Homogeneous Catalysis – CEHC-1
4 – 6 May 2021
Online

Website: https://bit.ly/3cmHbUi


	OTHER EVENTS 7^th Slag Valorisation Symposium Organised by EIT Raw Materials Online 27 April 2021 (08:00 CEST) to 29 April 2021 (17:00 CEST) Website: https://bit.ly/31gSpmJ EU Knowledge Valorisation Week Online 27 to 30 April 2021 Website: https://bit.ly/3e2ZRrD Helsinki Chemical Forum Organised by the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) Online 27 to 28 April 2021 Website: https://bit.ly/3uMWLi6 ERC: Celebrating 10,000 grantees Online 6 May 2021, from 10:00 to 11:00 CEST Website: https://bit.ly/32aPYTj IUPAC World Chemistry Congress 2021 Virtual Online 13 – 21 August 2021 Website: https://bit.ly/3sc5AR4


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