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Press release 12/2022 from 02.03.2022 | Last changed: 14.04.2022

Microplastics in the ocean: Full extent still not foreseeable

… materials from industrial applications (granulates, flakes, grit or powder); Regulating intentionally added microplastics and developing and implementing norms …

Press release 37/2019 from 11.10.2019 | Last changed: 29.10.2019

Exposure to chemicals in the human body can now be compared for all of Europe

… in the course of the project. The use and placement of chemicals on the market is regulated at European level, which is why it is important to have comparable and …

News from 03.04.2018 | Last changed: 05.10.2018

EU Stakeholders discuss requirements for water reuse

… set by the EU Water Framework Directive and Groundwater Directive, Food Safety Regulations as well as the awaited EU Strategy on Pharmaceuticals. Mrs Doeser …

Press release 07/2018 from 22.03.2018 | Last changed: 05.04.2018

Sandy lowland river: Water Type of the Year 2018

… gudgeon, beaver, thick shelled river mussel et al. are nowhere to be found. Weirs regulate the water table, separating biotic communities and damming water. When …

Press release 07/12 from 08.02.2012 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

Painkillers contaminate Germany’s waterbodies

… 1998. Should environmental risk be known, the Federal Environment Agency may bring regulations to bear, or even decline authorisation in the case of veterinary drugs. …

Press release 18/2017 from 04.05.2017 | Last changed: 13.06.2017

"Mobile" chemicals - when filters become useless

… Up to now companies have evaluated industrial chemicals according to the EU REACH regulation, primarily with a view to whether they are persistent, bioaccumulative …

Press release 10/2016 from 18.03.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

First round table on marine litter

beach with a lot of plastic waste coming from the sea

… of marine protection is sustainable production, environmentally compatible official regulations and measures, and the environmentally friendly behaviour of all.” …

Press release 55/2008 from 24.07.2008 | Last changed: 19.07.2013

Import of waste subject to authorisation rose in 2007

… goods expressly allows for transboundary shipment of waste. The objective of this regulation is to bring waste to a destination that disposes of efficient and modern …

Press release 57/2014 from 23.12.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

Coffee machines and IT devices to use electricity more efficiently

… in energy and resource consumption over their entire life cycle. The implementing regulations based on the Eco-Design Directive set out EU-wide binding minimum …

Press release 18/2018 from 05.06.2018 | Last changed: 14.06.2018

Environmental performance of agriculture sector: still too many nutrients and chemicals

… and generates costs in drinking water production. Ammonia and nitrous oxide off-gases from nitrogen into the air, with a number of consequences: firstly, soil …

Newsletter from 28.06.2017 | Last changed: 28.06.2017

Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2017

… gas emissions hardly changed in 2015 The emission of energy-related greenhouse gases, which are mainly generated by electricity and heat production, practically … plant protection products with special focus on the risks to the environment The EU regulation 1107/2009 introduces the substitution principle for active substances in … prepare, publish and regularly update national emission inventories of greenhouse gases. Pursuant to Decision 24/CP.19, all Parties listed in ANNEX I of the UNFCCC …

Newsletter from 01.11.2018 | Last changed: 01.11.2018

Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 5/2018

… 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 …