On 26 April, the European Commission submitted its proposal for the reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation, which they describe as the most significant one in the last 20 years. A council recommendation related to antimicrobial resistance was bundled with the reform proposal.
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Geneva, Switzerland is hosting a number of back-to-back meetings related to a number of UN conventions between 1-12 May. The European Union participates in the meeting to promote its Zero Pollution Agenda.
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The draft report on the Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures was a key topic at the meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on 4 May.
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On 20 April, the members of the Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform met for the 4th time, at the Committee of the Regions. On this occasion, the meeting’s key focus points were pollution reduction for production and consumption and the use of living labs.
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The United Nations (UN) held its conference on 22-24 March in New York, at the organisation’s headquarters. Participants of the conference were addressed by Ioannis Katsoyiannis from EPLO (European Public Law Organization) and EuChemS Division of Chemistry and the Environment as well as by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
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