European Parliament Alerts from the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee

Highlights - Definition, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 18-01-2018 10:18 AM CET On 24 January, the ENVI committee will vote on the above draft report. This proposal aligns EU legislation on spirit drinks with the Lisbon Treaty. In addition, it contains technical adjustments of such legislation and it replaces the existing procedures for the management of geographical indications in the spirit drinks sector, with new procedures modelled on the more exhaustive and well tested procedures for agricultural products and foodstuffs. The Rapporteur supports the alignment of the legislation on spirit drinks to the Lisbon Treaty. However, she considers it important to maintain the prerogatives Parliament already had under the legislation in force in any alignment process. The compromises amendments cover a wide range of issues including among others the protection for geographical indications referred to goods entering the EU customs territory without being released for free circulation, the delegation of powers, the definition of the origin of a spirit drink and the procedure applicable for spirits intended for export. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - CO2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 18-01-2018 10:14 AM CET On 24 January, the ENVI Committee will vote on the above draft report. In 2014, GHG emissions from HDVs represented 5% of total EU emissions, a fifth of all transport emissions and about a quarter of road transport emissions. The Rapporteur welcomes this legislative proposal and calls on the Commission to prepare a schedule for the application of the VECTO software (Vehicle Energy Consumption calculation Tool) to the HDVs not yet covered and to develop an on-road CO2 emission test, carried out under the supervision of independent bodies. He also insists to have a fully transparent market by filling in existing information gaps and thus enabling purchasers to make better-informed choices. He proposes to apply administrative sanctions in case of irregularities or discrepancies detection. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - Exchange of views (EoV) with Commissioner Bieńkowska - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 18-01-2018 10:11 AM CET On 24 January, the ENVI Committee will hold an exchange of views with Commissioner Bieńkowska on the EMIS (emission measurements in the automotive sector) Committee Recommendation follow up in the field of ENVI competences. The EMIS Inquiry Committee was constituted on 2 March 2016 with a one-year mandate to investigate alleged contraventions or maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to emission measurements in the automotive sector. The EMIS Committee adopted a report on 28 February 2017 endorsed by the plenary on 4 April 2017. Being the responsible committee for one of the two key pieces of legislation that EMIS investigated (Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6)), the ENVI Committee is also responsible for a substantial part of the follow-up to the EMIS recommendations. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - Vaccine hesitancy and drop in vaccination rates in European Parliament - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 18-01-2018 10:10 AM CET On 25 January, the ENVI Committee will consider the above draft motion for resolution. Vaccine hesitancy refers to delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of vaccination services. Vaccination is unquestionably one of the most cost-effective public health measures available. All EU countries recommend vaccination against serious, sometimes life-threatening diseases. However, some vaccines remain undervalued and under-utilized. Widespread vaccine hesitancy has become a worrying phenomenon due to the range of health-related consequences it causes in the Member States. Recent epidemiological data on the situation of vaccination in the Member States shows a significant drop in the use of vaccines. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111