Aaron

How to turn around a defeat in comitology

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There are a few cases when a healthy majority vote in the Committee to veto a delegated act or RPS measure has not met the absolute majority threshold in the full Parliament.   Success leaves clues It is useful to look at why these outcomes occurred.  They are rare. They don’t happen by accident, and … Read more

Commission updates Environment Committee on the Chemical Strategy

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A useful update from Kestutis Sadauskas (DG ENV) on the chemical strategy today. The Environment Committee members, who will lead on the revision of CLP and REACH, give a good sense of where the Committee sees things. And, a final, as ever polished review from Bjorn Hansen on ECHA.       Otter ai transcript   … Read more

Challenge to NFRD Delegated Act Defeated

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On 11 October 2021, the Econ- Environment Committee dealt with a challenge to a NFRD delegated act. Subject: Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the content and presentation of information to be disclosed by undertakings subject to Articles 19a or 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU … Read more

Why a lobbyist should not jump off Sears tower

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I’ve met a lot of lobbyists who think they can base jump off the Sears Tower and live to tell the tale. A few people in the world can take that jump and survive.     The people who can do it are exceptional performers. If you want to understand how these peak performers got … Read more