Tag: DG ENER
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Milieu’s contribution to a comparative analysis of trade and sustainable development approaches in third-country trade agreements
Since June 2021, Milieu has been involved in a project led by LSE for the European Commission (DG Trade) that aims to provide a critical review of different approaches to trade and sustainable development (TSD) provisions in selected third-country free trade agreements. This analysis will help to inform the current review of the EU’s TSD… Read more
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Environmental policy integration and coherence from a systems perspective – starting the methodological development
Milieu and our partners from Collingwood Environmental Planning will start the development of an analytical approach for environmental policy integration and coherence from a systems perspective as part of our FWC contract with the EEA. This methodological development aims to develop a coherent analytical approach for use in SOER 2025. The approach builds on developments… Read more
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Study supporting the back-to-back evaluation and impact assessment of the Bathing Water Directive
Milieu, together with our partners Eunomia, TC Vode and COWI, is proud to lead the study supporting the back-to-back evaluation and impact assessment of the Bathing Water Directive (BWD) for DG Environment. This work will investigate whether the BWD remains fit for purpose and explore different policy or legislative options as a way to mitigate… Read more
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Update of the Commission’s ‘Practice Guide for the application of the Brussels IIa Regulation’ assigned to Milieu
DG Justice recently tasked Milieu with an update of the Practice Guide for the Brussels IIa Regulation. The Regulation sets out rules on the jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility, as well as on intra-EU child abduction. The Practice Guide provides guidance to practitioners, such as lawyers… Read more
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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 PM substances are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), but there are numerous others. This worldwide… Read more
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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 for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the… Read more
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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 and principles of the EU, touching upon subsidiarity, multilevel governance, better law-making, communication with the… Read more
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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 of the substances they manufacture or import above 1 tonne per year. The third and… Read more
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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 of Ireland, Milieu will address requests for services from the EP in the field of… Read more
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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 by Economisti Associati. One of the themes covered by the study is the possible use… Read more
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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 directly or indirectly to the goals of the European Green Deal and this study examines… Read more
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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 strengthen knowledge integration and develop a coherent analytical approach for use in SOER 2025. The… Read more