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

Highlights - Dual quality of products in the Single Market - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 28-03-2018 12:15 PM CEST On 12 April, the ENVI Committee will consider the above draft opinion. The "dual quality" issue refers to a situation where the quality of products sold under the same brand and in the same packaging differs depending on the Member State where the products are sold. Some studies, from different countries, particularly in Eastern Europe, have pointed to this phenomenon. ENVI has an exclusive competence on the specific issues related to food law and food information to consumers. In her draft opinion, the Rapporteur stresses that products marketed in the single market in a specific type of packaging should have the same composition in every Member State, and that consumers should be duly informed of any variation in composition compared to the original recipe. She calls on the Commission to guarantee that the quality of products is the same across the Union. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - Exchange of views (EoV) with the Commission on neonicotinoids - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 28-03-2018 12:13 PM CEST On 12 April, the ENVI Committee will hold an EoV with the Commission on possible further restrictions on the use of three Neonicotinoids (also known as neonics) which are active substances used in plant protection products (PPPs) to control harmful insects. In the EU, five neonics are currently approved as active substances for use in PPPs, and in 2013, the Commission severely restricted the use of PPPs and treated seeds containing three of these neonics (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam.) to protect honeybees. On 28 February 2018, EFSA published its conclusions on the risk assessment for the active substances clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam and found that overall the risk to wild bees - bumblebees and solitary bees - as well as honeybees was confirmed. The Commission and the Member States will now examine these conclusions and depending on the outcome of this analysis, the Commission may propose to further modify the conditions of approval of these three neonicotinoids. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Workshops - Post 2020 CO2 emission targets for cars and vans: the right level of ambition? - 27-03-2018 - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 28-03-2018 11:10 AM CEST The aim of the workshop is to feed into the debate and help prepare the EP position on the Commission proposal on post 2020 CO2 emission targets for cars and vans (COM (2017) 676) . It will try to answer among other the following questions: · What would be a fair contribution from the road transport sector to reach EU climate goals? Can it be achieved with the Commission proposal as it stands? · How to improve the uptake of the most efficient vehicles, including low and zero emission vehicles (LEV/ZEV)? Please note that while the workshop is in principle open to the public, you need to have access to the European Parliament to be able to attend. (No special registration for the workshop available). For more information please contact Policy Department A: poldep-economy-science@ep.europa.eu Location : A1G-2 Further information Programme & Speaker Biographies Pre-WS PRESS NOTE Presentations      Kris Vanherle -The Role Of Light Duty Vehicles In Achieving Emissions Reductions      Peter Mock - Post-2020 CO2 standards for cars and vans      Nikolas Hill - Increasingly efficient light duty vehicles      Peter Kasten -The way forward eletric vehicles      Richard Smokers - LD CO2 standards 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