EU Environment and Chemicals legislation timeline

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April 2015
EU Environment and Chemicals legislation
May 2015: The European Parliament
ENVI committee votes on the limitation
of emissions of certain pollutants from
medium combustion plants
Air
May 2015: Water
reuse stakeholders
consultation
Water
July 2015: The European Parliament ENVI
committee votes on the reduction of
national Emissions of Atmospheric
pollutants
Sept 2015: Priority
Substances
Directive revision
enters into force
Summer 2015:
Possible proposal
on Water reuse
Sept 2015: European Parliament
votes on the reduction of national
emissions of certain atmospheric
pollutants
Sept 2015: Strategy
on Pharmaceuticals
in the environment
End 2015:
Possible proposal
revising the
Drinking Water
Directive
July 2016: Deadline
for transposition of
the Groundwater
Directive
2017: Review
proposal of the
Priority
Substances List
2019: Review of
the Water
Framework
Directive
2015: Evaluation of the Drinking Water Directive
Waste /
Circular
Economy
April 2015:
Stakeholders
Consultation on the
Waste Package
May 2015:
Stakeholders
Conference on the
Waste Package
End 2015:
Commission
Proposal on a new
Waste Package
July 2015: European
Parliament votes on the
Circular Economy (owninitiative report)
June-October 2015: Impact Assessment on Legislative Measures (New Waste Package)
LATVIA
EU PRESIDENCY
6 March 2015:
Environment
Council
April 2015: 9th
TTIP Round of
negotiations
LUXEMBOURG
15 June 2015:
Environment
Council
NETHERLANDS
26 Oct 2015:
Environment
Council
16 Dec 2015:
Environment
Council
2015
CHEMICALS
June 2015: Member
States to submit reports
on the operation of
REACH in their territories
MALTA
End 2015: Expected
date for final
agreement on TTIP
2016
2015: Results of the
study on the benefits of
chemicals legislation for
health and environment
2015: Results of the
Cumulative Cost
Assessment of EU policy
for the Chemicals Industry
End 2015: Results of
Evaluation of
Occupational Health
& Safety Legislation
2016: Stock-Taking
Report of the
evaluation of EU
chemicals legislation
End 2016: Expected
proposal on endocrine
disruptors
2015: Fitness Checks Chemical Legislation (other than REACH)
ENVIRONMENT
UK
Nov / Dec 2015: UN Climate
Change Conference COP 21
2015: TTIP Working Group on Chemicals
2015: Nanomaterials—
Expected proposals on
their definition and
regulation under REACH
SLOVAKIA
Q1/Q2 2015: Expected
results of the evaluation of
the Environmental Liability
Directive
2016: Expected results of
the evaluation of the
Environmental Noise
Directive
2016: Expected results of
the Fitness Check of the
Birds & Habitats Directives
2017
June 2017: Commission
to publish a report on the
experience acquired with
the operation of REACH
Dec 2017:
Commission to
report on Biocides