European Policy Archives - European Compost Network

01-02-2021 / Circular Economy, Compost, European Policy, Separate collection

Circular Economy should help to save organics in soil – says the European Parliament

On Wednesday 27 January, ENVI Committee of the European Parliament adopted an own-initiative report on the New Circular Economy Action Plan calling on the European Commission to support farmers to
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21-10-2020 / European Policy, Organic matter

EU Agriculture Ministers call for special emphasis on soil organic matter to achieve a sustainable food system

Press release 21/10/2020 The European Compost Network (ECN) welcomes the Council conclusions on the farm to fork strategy, that EU Agriculture ministers adopted on 19 October 2020. With these
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16-07-2020 / European Policy

Germany will hold the Presidency of the EU Council

The German Presidency's programme with their priorities on climate policy, biodiversity, the circular economy and the common agricultural policy is available online and can be downloaded from the
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30-04-2020 / European Policy

A new GHG emission reduction target for 2030 is to be set

A new greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 is to be set to achieve carbon neutrality The European Commission is calling on experts and stakeholders to provide their opinion on how to
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30-04-2020 / European Policy

Industrial Emission Directive (IED)

A revision of the IED might set targets on GHG emissions reduction for all industrial installation The European Commission (EC) will likely present a proposal to revise the Directive by the end of
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