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Chemicals

REACH Compliance: Data availability in REACH registrations Part 2: Evaluation of data waiving and adaptations for chemicals ≥ 1000 tpa

The standard information requirements necessary for the registration and their adaptation options for high tonnage substances are specified in the ⁠REACH⁠ Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. The report presents findings and results from the examination of 1814 dossiers of lead and individual registrants covering phase-in substances with a production volume of ≥ 1000 tpa. Within this projec...read more

Chemicals

Recommendations for registrants to improve data quality in registration dossiers for chemicals ≥ 1000 tpa

based on the project REACH Compliance

The standard information requirements necessary for the registration and their adaptation options for high tonnage substances are specified in the ⁠REACH⁠ Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. Based on the outcome of the REACH Compliance project, it is recommended that registrants scrutinize whether an update of their registration dossier is necessary to meet the information requirements. Th...read more

Chemicals

A blind spot in the assessment of POP/PBT/vPvB properties

This paper relates to the assessment of transformation products (i.e. metabolites, degradation or reaction products), which are formed from plant protection products. It addresses a detail in Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009 which is not in line with other substance regulations for ⁠REACH⁠, medicinal products, and biocides.Our concern: Also transformation products can be hazardous subst...read more

Chemicals

Substitution of critical biocidal active substances under European law - Development of a comparative assessment concept for the environment

Authorisation of biocidal products in the European Union is a two-stage process, where the biocidal active substances are approved in a first step at the European level, and the biocidal products are authorised in a second step at member state level. If an active substance is designated as Candidate for Substitution during this process, a comparative assessment must be carried out for each biocida...read more

Air, Health

Health Effects of Ultrafine Particles

Systematic literature search and the potential transferability of the results to the German setting

Ultrafine particles represent the smallest size fractions of particles with sizes from one to about 100 nanometers in aerodynamic diameter . Thus, their specific health effects are related to their physical capacity to reach diverse organ systems. The aims of this project were to systematically review the scientific literature on the health effects of ultrafine particles, to evaluate the quality o...read more

Climate | Energy

Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reductions

Submission by the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA)

The EU’s current 80-95% emissions reduction objective for 2050 laid down in the Low-Carbon-2050 Roadmap is an outdated target range and even more problematic, EU’s legally binding 2030 climate policy framework is rated to be far from being sufficient to bring the EU on track with the long-term temperature targets of the Paris Agreement. Now, with the 1.5C-special report of IPCC (IPCC, 2018), the g...read more

Climate | Energy

What Makes an Ideal Global Stocktake? A Functional Analysis

Discussion Paper

Many hope that the Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement can become a catalyst for increased mitigation ambition over time. Based on different theories of change, this paper outlines four governance functions for the Global Stocktake. It can contribute to the Paris Agreement as a pacemaker (stimulating and synchronizing policy processes across governance levels), by ensuring accountability of...read more

Transport

Mobility Survey of the German Environment Agency 2017

Summary Report

For the fourth time, the German Environment Agency asked its employees about their commuting behavior as well as their business travel arrangements. 68 percent of employees come to work on foot, by bike or with public transport. Biking accounts for 25 percent of all commuting trips. This is three times more than the national average. The share of public transport and the train increased slightly c...read more