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Pharma sector slams Commission after Wastewater Directive excluded from Environment Omnibus

Pharma sector slams Commission after Wastewater Directive excluded from Environment Omnibus

Isaac Hammouch01 mins

Shorouk Express The Commission presented its Environmental Omnibus package today (10 December), aimed at simplifying EU environmental legislation across several areas, including permitting, emissions standards, hazardous-waste treatment, extended producer responsibility (EPR), and the use of geospatial data.One area where changes had been anticipated was the EPR obligations for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical sectors under the…

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Omnibus: the EU deregulation wave puts climate change in a corner

Omnibus: the EU deregulation wave puts climate change in a corner

Isaac Hammouch04 mins

Shorouk Express In February this year, the European Commission proposed delaying recently adopted corporate reporting directives by two years, as part of a so-called “Omnibus” proposal. A package of amendments aimed at reducing regulatory burdens on companies, the Omnibus text suggests to simplify and scale back the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD),…

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