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Updates, insights and announcements from Milieu
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Counting down the days to the official start of ZeroPM, a European research project aimed at zero pollution from persistent, mobile substances.
Persistent, mobile (PM) substances are being recognised as serious threats to the safety of water resources. In many cases, drinking water supplies have to be purified using expensive technologies because of contamination by PM substances. The most famous examples of…
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Study on the transposition of the Police Directive in Germany, Slovenia and Spain
Milieu started to work on yet another compliance assessment. This time we are assisting the European Commission with the verification of the transposition of the Police Directive (EU) 2016/680, which regulates the processing of personal data by law enforcement authorities…
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Milieu to lead the Framework Contract to support the work of Committee of the Regions’ CIVEX Commission for the next 4 years
Last month, Milieu was awarded the Multiple Framework Contract ‘for studies in the field of Constitutional Affairs, Multilevel Governance and Devolution’ by the Committee of the Regions CIVEX Commission. The work of the Commission is crucial for the fundamental processes…
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Study on economic impact of 2018 registration deadline published
This summer, the Commission published a report co-authored by Milieu on the impact of the 2018 registration deadline under the chemicals’ regulation REACH. Under REACH, manufacturers and importers of chemicals are required to submit information on the properties and uses…
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Milieu to support the European Parliament on womens’ rights and gender equality for the next five years
In September 2021, Milieu was awarded the Framework Contract “for the provision of external expertise on regulatory and policy issues in women’s rights and gender equality” by the European Parliament. Together with its partners VVA, CEPS and the National University…
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Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and/or Mediation in solving payment disputes in B2B transactions
Milieu is pleased to be working upon a Study intended to identify measures to address the problem of late payments in business-to-business (B2B) transactions launched by the European Commission (DG GROW) and entrusted to a grouping of consulting firms led…
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Milieu’s report on EU Green Deal funding for local authorities is published
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) published a study conducted by Milieu on the EU funding available to Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) to implement the European Green Deal. A substantial part of the EU budget is expected to contribute…
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Milieu is awarded a new framework contract with the European Environment Agency
The EEA awarded an exclusive framework service contract to Milieu and our partners from the Collingwood Environmental Planning for the provision of an analytical approach for Environmental policy integration and coherence from a systems’ perspective. This methodological development aims to…
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Publication of our study on the sanctioning systems of the Member States for infringements to the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy
The objective of this project was to provide an in-depth analysis of the national systems sanctioning the infringements of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), and in particular of the sanctions applied by Member States for infringements detected between 2015 and…
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Study supporting the Evaluation and Impact Assessment of the general pharmaceutical legislation
Milieu will be involved in a ‘study supporting the Evaluation and Impact Assessment of the general pharmaceutical legislation’ for DG SANTE of the European Commission led by Technopolis. We will be responsible for the evaluation questions on coherence and for all…
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First assessment reports for the EU’s economic partnership negotiations with Eastern and Southern Africa
The first reports by the consortium to support EU negotiations for a deeper Economic Partnership Agreement with countries in Eastern and Southern Africa have now been published! LSE leads the study to support the negotiations with a sustainable impact assessment,…
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Milieu to support a Study on Building a responsible payment culture in the EU
Late payments in commercial transactions negatively impact on the financial situation and competitiveness of affected businesses (in particular SMEs) and are widely regarded to constitute a serious impediment to economic development. The purpose of this Study is to provide inputs…
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Milieu Contributes To OECD’s Environmental Review of Belgium
Milieu contributed the chapter on waste and circular economy for OECD’s Environmental Performance Review of Belgium. OECD has just published the Review, which analyses progress in Belgium and its three regions over the past ten years. Among its conclusions, the…
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Milieu to support the European Commission DG JUSTICE in assessing the impacts of proposed modifications to the Environmental Crime Directive
In the context of growing concern over environmental crime, as seen by current calls for the recognition of ecocide as an international crime, the European Commission is undertaking a major review of Directive 2008/99/EC on the protection of the environment…
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The future of Europe’s green economy: Milieu supports the European Commission on foresight for the environment
Milieu Consulting is working with Collingwood Environmental Planning and Cranfield University to support the European Commission on foresight for environmental policy. The Commission has just published our most recent report – it’s on Emerging economic, business, technological and social innovations…
