8th Environment Action Programme: Member States ready to start negotiations with Parliament

Ambassadors of EU Member States today approved a mandate for the Council to start negotiations with the European Parliament in order to reach an agreement on the 8th Environmental Action Programme (EAP).

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

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Continents, Europe, Climate change policy, Confederations, European Union, Eastern Partnership, European Green Deal, European Parliament, Subsidiarity, Directive 2001/42/EC

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Ambassadors of EU Member States today approved a mandate for the Council to start negotiations with the European Parliament in order to reach an agreement on the 8th Environmental Action Programme (EAP).
Member States added provisions in their position regarding the need to further define actions when the European Green Deal's key actions have been put in place by 2024.
Environment action programmes have led the development of EU environment policy since the early 1970s.
The European Commission presented its proposal for "a Decision of the European Parliament and the Council on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030" on 14 October 2020.