Transcript REACH – State of Play
Germany’s EU Council Presidency in 2007
Focal issue: Environment Innovation – Employment
Focal issue: Environment - Innovation – Employment
Strategic approach
for the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU):
Environmental policy is also economic policy
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ecological industrial policy Competition and employment
are strengthened by the development of resource- and energy-efficient technologies The global challenges of
climate protection
necessitate “green” innovations and
resource shortages
Ecological industrial policy comprises a comprehensive package of measures and must become a concrete element of the
Lisbon Strategy
Operationalisation through
concrete EU dossiers
and the
informal meeting of EU Environment Ministers in Essen
I. Focal points of the Presidency
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Ecological industrial policy Climate policy Energy policy Environmentally sound mobility Biodiversity Priorities
II. Further key issues
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Cross-cutting issues: Lisbon Strategy 7.
Restricting hazardous substance emissions in the water sector 8.
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Waste policy Chemicals policy Soil conservation Others
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ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL 20 FEBRUARY 2007 Climate Change
Council conclusions
Contribution to the Spring European Council (“Key Issues Paper”)
Council conclusions
Proposal for a Directive for inclusion of aviation in the EU emission trading scheme
Policy debate
Review of the Community Strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from passenger cars
Policy debate
Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides
Council conclusions
Adaptation to Climate Change / Symposium on Climate Change and the European Water Dimension, Vulnerability - Impacts - Adaptation (12 – 14 February 2007, Berlin)
Presentation of the Green Paper by the Commission Information from the Presidency
Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the protection of soil and amending Directive 2004/35/EC
Policy debate
Biodiversity: Preparation of the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9) (Bonn, 19 to 30 May 2008)
Information from the Presidency
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL 28 / (poss.) 29 JUNE 2007 5.
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Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste
Political agreement
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC
Political agreement
Review of the EU emissions trading scheme
Council conclusions
Biodiversity: Preparation of the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Biological Diversity (COP 9) (Bonn, 19 to 30 May 2008) Convention on
Council conclusions
Proposal for a Directive for inclusion of aviation in the EU emission trading scheme
Progress report / Political agreement
Review of the 6th Environment Action Plan
Council conclusions
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the banning of exports and the safe storage of metallic mercury
Political agreement
Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 98/70 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels
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Political agreement
Environment, innovation, employment (from the informal meeting of environment ministers)
Council conclusions
Review of the Community Strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from passenger cars
Council conclusions
Revision of the EU regulation on Implementation of the Rotterdam Convention (PIC-regulation)
Political agreement
(poss.) Exhaust gas emission from heavy duty vehicles (EURO VI)
Presentation by the Commission / (poss.) Policy debate
(poss.) Green Paper of the Commission on ship dismantling
Presentation by the Commission / (poss.) Policy debate
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides
Information by the Presidency
• • • • 2nd readings Air Quality Directive Flooding Directive (?) Marine Environment (?) Conciliation Life +
Focal points of the Presidency in the field of
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Action Plan Energy Policy for Europe
Further development of internal electricity / gas market “Clean coal” Energy efficiency Renewable energies International energy relations
ENVIRONMENT WORK PROGRAMME January 2007 Monday, 8 January Tuesday, 9 January Wednesday, 10 January Thursday, 11 January : : : : WP on the Environment
Presentation of programm (a.m.)
WP on International Environmental Issues /
Internat. Chemicals
WP on the Environment
Waste
WP on International Environmental Issues /
Internat. Chemicals
WP on International Environmental Issues/Global WP on International Environmental Issues/Climate Change Friday, 12 January Monday, 15 January : : WP on the Environment
Pesticides (a.m)/Soil –Directive & Strategy (p.m)
WP on the Environment
ETS & Aviation
: Thursday, 18 January : Friday, 19 January : Monday, 22 January Tuesday, 23 January Wednesday, 24 January Thursday, 25 January WP on the Environment
Waste
WP on the Environment
Lisbon-Strategy/ Contribution to the Spring Council
: : : : WP on International Environmental Issues/
evtl. Expertengruppe Chemikalien
WP on International Environmental Issues/Global WP on the Environment
Priority substances
WP on the Environment
Pesticides (a.m.)/(poss) CO2-emissions for cars
Friday, 26 January Monday, 29 January Tuesday, 30 January : WP on the Environment
Lisbon-Strategy/ Contribution to the Spring Council
: : WP on the Environment
Flooding-Directive (p.m.)
WP on the Environment
Soil-Directive & Strategy
Working Party on International Environmental Issues (WPIEI) during German Presidency of the EU January - June 2007 Schedule of WPIEI Meetings:
Climate Change Global (UNEP/CSD) Biodiversity CITES Chemicals (SAICM, POPs) Basel, PIC, POPs (Synergy) Montreal Protocol Horizontal Issues Gothenborg Protocol Aarhus Espoo, SEA Protocol Environment and Health Biosafety Desertification 11.01., 01.02., 22.02., 29.03., 27.04., 07.06.
10.01., 23.01., 14.03., 28.03., 18.04.
07.02., 21.03., 25.04., 23.05., 06.06.
15.03., 16.04., 24.04., 25.05.
08.01, 09.01., (experts: 22.1.), 13.03., 30.3., 20.04., 28.02., 22.5.
10.05., 30.05.
27.3.
13.04.
23.04. (a.m.), 30.04. (a.m.) 23.03. (a.m), 23.04. (a.m.), 30.04. (a.m.) 01.06. (a.m) 6.2., 31.5. (a.m.) 17.01., 02.05., 20.06.
Chemicals (SAICM, POPs):
Alexander NIES [email protected]
Alternate
Reiner ARNDT [email protected]
Basel, PIC, POP (Synergy):
Reiner ARNDT [email protected]
Andreas JARON Andreas. [email protected]
Montreal Protocol:
Christian MEINEKE [email protected]
Alternate
Rolf ENGELHARDT [email protected]
Horizontal Issues:
Julia WERNER [email protected]
Gothenborg-Protocol:
Reinhold GOERGEN [email protected]
Alternate
Harald KEITER [email protected]
Aarhus:
Ariane SCHENK [email protected]
Espoo, SEA Protocol
Matthias SAUER [email protected]
Environment and Health
Jörg LEBSANFT [email protected]
Biosafety:
Wolfgang KOEHLER [email protected]
Desertification:
Ralf WYRWINSKI [email protected]
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Contacts WPIEI: Chair Climate Change:
Nicole WILKE [email protected]
Global (UNEP/CSD):
Stephan CONTIUS [email protected]
Biodiversity:
Nicola BREIER [email protected]
CITES:
Jochen FLASBARTH [email protected]
Alternate
Elisabeth MUNZERT elisabeth. [email protected]
+49 1888 305 2311 + 49 1888 305 2340 +49 1888 305 2619 +49 1888 305 2600 +49 1888 305 2633
Main International Environmental Meetings during Germany’s EU presidency January - June 2007 24th session of the United Nations’ Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council and the Ministerial Forum
February 5-9, Nairobi
3rd ASEM Environment Ministers’ Meeting
March 13-15, Copenhagen
3rd Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (COP-3)
April 30-May 4, Dakar
15th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
April 30-Mai 11, New York
14th Conference of the Parties on the CITES Convention
June 3-15, Den Haag
Important meetings and conferences during Germany’s EU presidency January - June 2007 1. Meetings of the Council of the European Union February 20, 2007 June 1-3, 2007 June 28-29, 2007 Environment Council, Brussels Environment (informal), Essen Environment Council, Luxembourg 2. Presidency Conferences January 11-12, 2007 January 17-19, 2007 January 29 – 31, 2007 February 12-14, 2007 February 22-23, 2007 March 19, 2007 March 29-30, 2007 April 23-24, 2007 May 14-15, 2007 May 30 - June 1, 2007
May 30-31, 2007 May 30-June 1, 2007
June 3-5, 2007 June 17-19, 2007 Workshop on Practical Experiences with the Functioning of Compliance Mechanisms under Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Potsdam The German EU Presidency Informal Workshop on Climate Change, Potsdam European Renewable Energy Policy Conference, Brussels Symposium “Time to Adapt Climate Change and the European Water Dimension, Vulnerability - Impacts – Adaption”, Berlin EU Policy Workshop on Offshore Wind Power Deployment, Berlin Network of EU Environmental Lawyers, Bonn Workshop on Promoting Environment and Resource Conservation in the European Security Strategy, Berlin Conference on Nature Conservation, Agriculture and rural Development, Bonn EU Nature Directors’ Meeting, Potsdam IMPEL-Plenary Meeting, Berlin
European-Ecolabel-German Presidency Meeting, Berlin Integrated Product Policy-German Presidency Meeting, Berlin
European Sustainability Berlin 2007 – ESB07: Linking Policies and Implementation, Berlin EU Water Directors’ Meeting, Dresden
List of International Environmental Meetings
(Part.1)
International environmental meetings during Germany’s EU presidency (January-June 2007) January 17-19, 2007 January 29-February 1, 2007 1st Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health , Geneva International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), February 14-16, 2007 January, 23-25, 2007 February 26-March 1, 2007 Plenary Session, Working Group, Paris Workshop on UN ECE Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR), Geneva International Symposium on Safety Cases for Deep Disposal of Radioactive Waste – Where do We Stand? Paris CSD-15 Intergovernmental Preparatory February 28-March 1, 2007 March 6, 2007 March 15-17, 2007 March, 19-21, 2007 March 28-29, 2007 Meeting , New York G 8 – Nuclear Safety and Security Group Meeting (NSSG), Bonn HELCOM Stakeholder Conference, Helsinki G8 Environmental Ministerial, Potsdam International Commission on Radiation Protection, Main Session, Essen Western European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA), Prague
April 2-5, 2007 April 19-20, 2007 April 22-27, 2007 April 23-24, 2007 April 25-26, 2007 April 25-27, 2007 April 30-May 4, 2007 May 2-4, 2007 May 7-18, 2007 May 21-23, 2007 May 23-25, 2007 May 24-25, 2007 May 28-June 1, 2007 June 4-8, 2007 June 25-29, 2007 List of International Environmental Meetings
(Part.2)
International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Plenary Session, Working Group, Brussels 3rd CBSS Ministers of Environment meeting held jointly with CBSS Ministers of Agriculture, Stockholm International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Nice International Conference on Environmental Radioactivity, Vienna G 8 – Nuclear Safety and Security Group Meeting (NSSG), Bonn 2nd Meeting of the Open-ended ad hoc Working Group on Non Compliance, Dakar International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Plenary Session, Working Group, Bangkok 7th meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, Geneva 26th Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn 10th Meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Espoo Convention, Geneva International Nuclear Regulators Association (INRA), Madrid (poss.) 3rd Meeting of the Signatories to the Protocol on SEA, Geneva The International Whaling Commission's 59th annual meeting, Anchorage 27th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, Nairobi OSPAR Commission , Ostend
Key dates
Informal meeting of Environment Ministers:
“Environment - Innovation – Employment" - Perspective 2020: what does the EU have to do to support the lead markets of the future?
Goals:
• Impetus for progress in developing modern environmental technologies and increasing energy and resource efficiency as a future issue for environmental, economic and employment policies • Highlighting potential for innovations, concrete examples of eco-innovations, e.g. in the energy and transport sectors • EU initiative for an ecological industrial policy, R & D, market launch, regulatory framework, new foreign trade promotion, institutional measures Essen Venue: Essen, Zeche Zollverein Framework programme: exhibition, visits to model innovative projects in the Ruhr region Climate-neutral event (certificates for participants)
Key dates
European Renewable Energy Policy Conference (BXL) 29-31 Jan 07 International Conference on Energy Efficiency Symposium “Climate-Water" (Berlin) 1 Feb 07 12-14 Feb 07 EU Council of Energy Ministers (preparations for European Council) EU Council of Environment Ministers (preparations 15 Feb 07 for European Council) EU Policy Workshop (offshore wind energy use) 20 Feb 07 22/23 Feb 2007 Spring European Council (topic: energy policy in Europe) 8/9 March 07 Informal meeting of Environment Ministers (Essen) 1-3 June 07 EU Council of Energy Ministers (with dossiers on renewables) 8 June 07 EU Council of Environment Ministers 28 June 07
Sharing of tasks in the Environment Team during the German Presidency of the EU January – June 2007 Who Tel.
Fax Mobile E-mail Subjects Chairs/ Dossiers Rainer Steffens
+32 2 787 11 40 +32 2 787 21 40 +32 475 65 21 68 rainer.steffens@diplo.
de -Coordination -Market Based Instruments in Environmental Policy -Emissiontrading -Ressource-Policy -Soil and Plant Protection ETS-Review ETS & Aviation Pesticides Soil 6.EAP
Christine Wistuba
+32 2 787 11 41 +32 2 787 21 41 +32 476 55 50 19 christine.wistuba
@diplo.de
- Chemical Policy - Water Policy - Lisbon- Strategy - Sustainable Development
Uli Hildebrandt
+32 2 787 1142 +32 2 787 2142 +32 479 900 421 bernd [email protected]
-Air quality - Sustainable transport - Waste - Emissions from vehicles - Fuels - Contribution to the Spring Council - Priority Substances - Mercury Export Ban - Floods (2 nd read) - Environment Innovation Employment - Waste directive - Fuel quality directive - CO2 passenger cars - Air quality directive (2 nd reading)
Julia Werner
+32 2 787 11 43 +32 2 787 2143 +32 476 76 08 51 [email protected]
e - Nature Conservation - Environmental Information - Horizontal Legal Issues - International Issues - Life+ - Marine Environment - PIC Amendment - WPIEI Horizontal
Assistant of the Environment Team:
Marie-Anne Volcke Tel +32 2 787 11 12 Fax +32 2 787 21 12 E-mail [email protected]
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Contact persons for GMO:
Ulrike Kassner Tel + 32 2 787 13 45 Fax + 32 2 78723 45 E-mail [email protected]
Christiane Henning Tel + 32 2 787 13 44 Fax + 32 2 787 23 44 E-mail [email protected]
„You can find something better than death everywhere…….” “Meeting of the Environment Working Party” in Bremen (& Cuxhaven) in May 2006 (14-16.05.07)
“On the route of the Bremen Town Musicians” (Tidelands near Cuxhaven)
See you in 2007 (……hopefully not more often as you would like to see us)