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This article provides updates on various environmental issues and legislation, including Private Members' Bills in the UK Parliament addressing marine biodiversity conservation, heritage tree protection, and water quality monitoring. It also discusses the outcomes of COP28, highlighting fossil fuel emissions as a driver of climate change. The article mentions ongoing legal challenges related to the UK's National Adaptation Programme and the development of the Rosebank North Sea oilfield. It concludes with a summary of recent domestic case law related to environmental information disclosure. The article is concise, factually accurate, and respectful of diverse perspectives, making it suitable for library patrons conducting research on these specific topics. [Extracted from the article]

The given text provides a comprehensive list of ongoing consultations, legal cases, and reports related to various environmental issues in the UK. The consultations cover topics such as air and water quality, renewable energy, waste management, and fisheries management. The legal cases involve disputes over issues such as pollution, energy assessments, and bin-related offenses. The reports highlight concerns and recommendations on topics such as nuclear energy, decarbonization, and environmental regulations. [Extracted from the article]

Https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022D1244&qid=1666536011124 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1203 of 12 July 2022 amending Implementing Regul... Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 (2) establishes a list of invasive alien species of Union concern ("the Union list"), which is to be kept updated as appropriate, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R1203&qid=1666536011124 Commission Decision (EU) 2022/1229 of 11 July 2022 amending Decisions 2014/312/EU, 2014/391/E... Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 provides that the EU Ecolabel may be awarded to products with a reduced environmental impact during their entire life cycle. Keywords: Environmental law; Environmental policy; EU law; Environment; European Union EN Environmental law Environmental policy EU law Environment European Union 321 342 22 12/06/22 20221201 NES 221201 EDITORIAL Amidst what was a plethora of resignations and subsequent appointments (many times over) and a virtual rotating door of Prime Ministers it is surprising that any meaningful work was done in respect of the environment. Https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/architect-paris-agreement-discusses-nexus-law-and-climate-change "UK environment laws under threat in "deregulatory free-for-all"", The Guardian, 23 September... Hundreds of Britain's environmental laws covering water quality, sewage pollution, clean air, habitat protections and the use of pesticides are lined up for removal from UK law under a government bill. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/23/uk-environment-laws-under-threat-in-deregulatory-free-for-all. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: Environmental law; Environmental policy; EU law; Subject; Environment; Other related subjects; European Union EN Environmental law Environmental policy EU law Subject Environment Other related subjects European Union 52 81 30 03/22/22 20220301 NES 220301 EDITORIAL The government's beleaguered flagship I Environment Act 2021 i has finally received royal assent. Https://www.bailii.org/scot/cases/ScotCS/2021/2021 CSOH 112.html EU CASE LAW PlasticsEurope v European Chemicals Agency, Appeal C-876/19 P, Judgment of the Court (Ninth C... The European Court of Justice dismissed a final appeal by the trade association PlasticsEurope against EU regulators' decision to class bisphenol-A (BPA) as a "substance of very high concern" due to its endocrine disrupting properties. Https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&td=ALL&num=C-373/20 Biofa AG v Sikma D. Vertriebs GmbH und Co. KG, C-29/20, Judgment of the Court (First Chamber)... This request for a preliminary ruling concerned the interpretation of Articles 3(1)(a) and 9(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: Environmental law; Environmental policy; EU law; Subject; Environment; Other related subjects; European Union EN Environmental law Environmental policy EU law Subject Environment Other related subjects European Union 350 366 17 12/14/21 20211201 NES 211201 EDITORIAL Over the summer period, a catalogue of changes have been put in motion. Https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/296b6d9a-092c-11ec-b5d3-01aa75ed71a1/language-en B I Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1384 of 13 August 2021 on the request for registration of the European citizens' initiative entitled 'ReturnthePlastics: A Citizen's Initiative to implement an EU-wide deposit-system to recycle plastic bottles' pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2021) 5953) i b This decision concerns a request for registration of a European citizens' initiative entitled 'ReturnthePlastics: A Citizen's Initiative to implement an EU-wide deposit-system to recycle plastic bottles', which was submitted to the Commission on 2 July 2021. Https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021D1211 B I Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1199 of 20 July 2021 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards polycyclic-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in granules or mulches used as infill material in synthetic turf pitches or in loose form on playgrounds or in sport applications i b This Regulation amends Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 in accordance with a new annex. [Extracted from the article]

The Regulations further set out energy labelling requirements for light sources and are a product-specific measure for the purposes of Regulation 2017/1369 setting a framework for energy labelling.SI29/7/2021International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 and 1418/2007) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/785)These Regulations amend the Annex to Regulation 1418/2007 to set out export control procedures for a new category of sorted, non-hazardous, plastic waste classified as "B3011".SI1/10/2021Hydrocarbon Oil and Biofuels (Northern Ireland Private Pleasure Craft) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/780)These Regulations make provision about the use of fuel in private pleasure craft. Keywords: Environmental law; Environmental policy; EU law; Subject; Environment; Other related subjects; European Union EN Environmental law Environmental policy EU law Subject Environment Other related subjects European Union 272 296 25 11/15/21 20210901 NES 210901 EDITORIAL The G7 summit, the Queen's Speech and the Environment Bill all made appearances this quarter. The Bill further aims to place further restrictions on energy pricing.BillFirst reading 21/06/21Clean Air Targets (World Health Organization Guidelines) Bill 2021-22 (HC Bill 52)A Bill to require UK clean air targets to comply with World Health Organization guidelines. [Extracted from the article]

The date on which that transitional provision expires is amended from 31 March 2021 to 31 December 2021.SITBDRecognised Auction Platforms (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021 Draft)These Regulations amend financial services legislation relating to the auctioning of emissions allowances, to ensure that the rules which applied to the auctioning of emissions allowances created as part of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme will continue to work in the UK in relation to the auctioning of allowances created under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme established under the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020.SSI29 January 2021Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/53)These Regulations amend the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014 Regulation 7(2) by replacing the date on which the provision ceases to have effect with 31 May 2021. The local authority's screening officer concluded that no environmental impact assessment (EIA) was necessary, as the development was not EIA development within the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 Regulation 3, not being likely to have significant environmental effects. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: Environmental law; Environmental policy; EU law Subject: Environment; Other related subjects: European Union; Subject; Environment; Other related subjects; European Union EN Environmental law Environmental policy EU law Subject: Environment Other related subjects: European Union Subject Environment Other related subjects European Union 306 342 37 01/22/21 20201201 NES 201201 EDITORIAL Autumn has sprung, lockdowns have withered into tiered restrictions and the government has produced a flurry of secondary legislation at a volume and rate previously unheard of. Regulations 4, 5 and 6 introduce Sch. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/631, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1388 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1447. The 2009 Regulations provide for the execution and enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products. Https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32020R1315&qid=1603734672508 Council Decision (EU) 2020/1325 of 21 September 2020 on the position to be taken on behalf of... The position to be taken on behalf of the EU will be to approve the application of the UK to join the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32020D1325&qid=1603734672508 Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1323 of 21 September 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as r... The Regulation places limitations on fishing for Spain, Portugal and the general Union in subareas 9 and 10 of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea and division 34.1.1 of the Fishery Committee for the Central Atlantic. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: Environmental law; environmental policy; EU law Subject: Environment; Other related subjects: European Union EN Environmental law environmental policy EU law Subject: Environment Other related subjects: European Union 49 74 26 04/11/20 20200301 NES 200301 EDITORIAL The international campaign against climate change has reached new heights this quarter, as 16 children from across the world have collectively filed a legal complaint to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, alleging that the failure of their home countries to properly tackle climate change is a violation of their rights under the Convention, including their rights to life and health. The fishing of Turbot is limited to 180 fishing days per year per vessel, regardless of size. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1580225241289&uri=CELEX:32019R2236 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2201 of 1 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU... The Regulation implements detailed rules for the real-time closure of fisheries in the Skagerrak with the aim of conserving juvenile Northern prawn. Https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1580225241289&uri=CELEX:32020D0115(01) Commission Decision (EU) 2019/2252 of 17 December 2019 on the proposed citizens' initiative e... Under EU law, the removal of fins on board of EU vessels and in EU waters is prohibited and sharks must be landed with their fins naturally attached. Although this is one-sixth of the area burnt in 2017, significant 36 per cent of the areas burnt were vulnerable ecosystems. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip 19 6176 Agreement on EU budget for 2020: Tackling climate change and delivering on other EU prioritie... On 18 November 2019, three EU institutions agreed on the EU's budget for 2020. [Extracted from the article]

Part 2 of these Regulations amends legislation concerning animal health; amending retained direct EU legislation and secondary legislation. Following the UK leaving the EU, the UK will no longer be part of the EU Common Fisheries Policy, it will be an independent coastal state responsible for managing fisheries in the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone. The House of Commons Library Briefing Paper published on 5 September 2019, examines the potential structures of the UK fishing industry in light of no deal Brexit as well as other deal options, as well as examining the other internal community agreements the UK will still be bound to adhere to. On 10 July 2019, the Committee on Climate Change - Adaptation Sub-Committee published its report advising the Government on climate change risks and opportunities for the UK through the UK Climate Change Assessment as well as its first evaluation of the Government's second National Adaptation Programme. [Extracted from the article]

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/585 of 11 April 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No... This Regulation amends Regulation 206/2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements. The applicants brought an action under the Treaty on the Functioning of the Eurpoean Union Article 263 for partial annulment of Directive (EU) 2018/410 on the EU's emissions trading scheme, Regulation (EU) 2018/842 on GHG reductions and Regulation (EU) 2018/841 on neutralising emissions by land and forest management, on the grounds that they set goals that were too low to comply with obligations under the 2015 Paris Agreement. The Court found that Article 1(3)(d) of the Regulation must be interpreted as meaning that shipments of animal byproducts falling within the scope of the Animal byproducts Regulation are (generally) excluded from the scope of Regulation No 1013/2006. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the European Union (EU) Directive on Industrial Emissions reforms for pollution control. It mentions that the directive aims to implement a holistic integrated approach for pollution control in industrial activities and seeks to address issues faced by the Directives on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control. It states that the directive requires Members States to strengthen the policy of issuing permits for industries.

The article reports that the Lisbon Treaty was supposed to mark the end of confusion brought about by failure to ratify the treaty establishing a constitution for the European Union. If it is ratified, the Lisbon Treaty will introduce amendments to the existing treaties. The amendments include the renaming of the Treaty on European Union which sets out general principles and institutional arrangements.

This article focuses on the EU (European Union) greenhouse gas emission allowance trading directive. The ET Directive has put in place a regulatory framework for the implementation of a compulsory greenhouse gas allowance trading scheme in all the EU Member States, from 1 January 2005 onwards, in order to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective and economically efficient manner. The first phase of this Directive will take place between 2005 and the end of 2007. According to the Directive, the operators of installations which undertake the activities covered by Annex I of the ET Directive must hold allowances for all emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex II of that Directive.

Reports on miscellaneous developments regarding environmental law in Great Britain and the European Union. Mandatory scheme for radioactive substance pollution reporting; European Commission proposal for a regulation on persistent organic pollutants; Environment Agency policy on building development on or within 250 meters of a landfill site; Landfill allowance trading scheme; Fees for substitution plans for high-risk solvents.

European Community environmental policy should, according to the Treaty, be based on certain environmental principles. It is clear that there is an obligation on the institutions in this regard, yet the nature of the obligation is unclear. There has, in particular, been dispute as to whether non-adherence to the principles in secondary legislation may result in the annulment of that legislation by the Court of Justice. The manner in which the Court has used the environmental principles as aids to interpretation has also lacked coherence. It is argued here that judicial use of the environmental principles is both legitimate and consistent with the Court's general adjudicative methods. On this basis, judicial consideration of the principles, particularly in a way that clarifies their scope of application, is to be encouraged, not least as a way in which the courts can respond to environmental aspects of cases before them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents information on various cases related to the violation of environmental laws in Europe. The Case C-176/03 Commission v Council, European Court of Justice: May 26, 2005, concerns the correct legal basis of criminal environmental law under European Law. In directives and regulations the Community legislator can adopt provisions with regard to criminal law measures if it is necessary to achieve a Community objective. In the case Case C- 416/02 Commission v Spain, European Court of Justice: May 12, 2005, Spain was found to be in contravention of the Waste Framework Directive by failing to ensure that waste from a large pig farm in Almeria, Spain was properly disposed of without endangering human health or the environment.