Under Framework Contract no. ENV.A.2/FRA/2015/0008, DG Environment of the European Commission contracted a consortium led by Oeko-Institut for “Assessing an exemption request for the use of cadmium in luminescent material for on-chip application on LED semiconductor chips”. This request was subm...
The new Directive details the various criteria for the adaptation of its Annexes to scientific and technical progress. Article 5(1)(a) details the various criteria and issues that must be considered for justifying the addition of an exemption to Annexes III and IV: - The first criterion may be s...
In the European Union (EU), sustainable consumption is promoted by the ‘Circular Economy Action Plan’. In particular, the voluntary scheme of the EU Green Public Procurement (EU GPP) provides guidance to reduce the environmental impacts of the public sector. To this end, the European Commission ...