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EU Green Week 2019

EU Green Week 2019  takes place from 13 to 17 May. The official opening event – to be attended by the European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella and by the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Region, Adam Struzik – will be hosted by the Mazowieckie Region and held in Warsaw, Poland on 13 May. The EU Green Week high-level conference is scheduled for 15 to 17 May in Brussels. Open to environmental stakeholders and the wider public, it also includes the European Week for Waste Reduction award ceremony hosted by the EU

EU Green Week 2019: #MyGreenAction challenge

Opening in Warsaw, Poland on 13 May and with its high-level conference taking place in Brussels, Belgium from 15 to 17 May, EU Green Week 2019 has as its theme ‘Environmental Implementation’. Environmental legislation has a huge impact on our lives – it improves water and air quality, protects nature and promotes recycling and waste management. But to make a real difference, it has to be implemented properly. It is thus crucial that, at local level, citizens get active and support effective implementation. To highlight what is being done in this regard across Europe and beyond, the

Environmental Implementation Review: Commission helps Member States to better apply EU environment rules to protect citizens and enhance their quality of life

Brussels, 5 April 2019 An initiative to improve the application of EU policies and rules on the circular economy, nature and biodiversity, air quality, and water quality and management.Today, the Commission published the second Environmental Implementation Review (EIR), part of its initiative launched in 2016  to improve the implementation of European environmental policy and commonly agreed rules in all EU Member States. Implementing EU environmental policy and law is not only essential for a healthy environment, but also

EIR 2019: Country specific fact sheets

Europe has ambitious laws and policies to protect air and water, to promote the circular economy, raise recycling rates and safeguard nature. Implementing them is key to achieving our environmental objectives. This is why the European Commission launched the Environmental Implementation Review (EIR), a tool to help countries address systemic obstacles to environmental integration by identifying the causes behind poor implementation. The EIR comprises a regular cycle of analysis, dialogue and peer-to-peer support. Please find attached the factsheets for all EU countries summarising the

EIR 2019: Selection of key facts on the state of implementation of environmental laws in Europe

DEFINITION, OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITS OF EIR − The Environmental Implementation Review aims at improving implementation in the field of EU environmental policy and legislation by identifying the causes of implementation gaps and addressing systemic obstacles to environmental integration across policy sectors. It maps the main challenges for each Member State, as well as existing good practices. − When commonly agreed rules are not properly implemented, the Commission can take legal action and often has no other choice. Nevertheless, in order to improve the chances of

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