{"id":18529,"date":"2025-07-23T18:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/18529\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:50:08","slug":"eu-begins-simplification-of-environmental-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/18529\/","title":{"rendered":"EU begins \u2018simplification\u2019 of environmental law"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nA widely expected addition to the European Commission\u2019s series of \u2018omnibus\u2019 proposals to ease the administrative burden on EU companies was launched on Tuesday with a call for \u2018feedback on the simplification of future environmental legislation\u2019.\n<\/p>\n

\nAs it opened its initial\u00a0public consultation<\/a>, the EU executive published an outline of its plans, hinting at some areas of environmental legislation that \u201cmay\u201d be up for amendment in the latest round of deregulation.\n<\/p>\n

\nTo help ‘rationalise’\u00a0reporting obligations, the Commission suggests scrapping the substances of concern in products (SCIP)\u00a0database<\/a>\u00a0under the Waste Framework Directive.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe law requires suppliers to notify the European Chemicals Agency of any products containing chemicals on the EU candidate list for prohibition at concentrations of over 0.1%.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe EU executive also promises a review of some aspects of extended producer responsibility (EPR) rules \u2013 a contentious area where chemicals and pharmaceutical companies are\u00a0currently fighting<\/a>\u00a0against the obligation to pay for the removal of product residues from sewage.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe upcoming environmental omnibus might also target the EU\u2019s Nature Directives, which pre-date the Green Deal of the first von der Leyen Commission and have been judged by NGOs, the European Environment Agency and the Commission itself to be fit-for-purpose but badly implemented.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis, at least, is one interpretation of the Commission\u2019s suggestion that the red tape-cutting package of amendments to EU laws could include \u201caddressing permitting challenges relating to environmental assessment\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe call for evidence runs until midnight on 10 September, and a legislative proposal is indicated for the fourth quarter of 2025.\n<\/p>\n

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