Argentina Becomes a Provisional Adherent to Mutual Acceptence of Data in the Assessment of Chemicals decisions

27-sept.-2007

Argentina is the 7th non-member economy to join the Council Decisions on Mutual Acceptence of Data in the Assessment of Chemicals.

Report of the joint OECD/EC seminar on harmonised environmental indicators for pesticide risk (HAIR)

25-sept.-2007

This report presents the results of a joint OECD/EC seminar on the development of harmonised environmental indicators for pesticide risk. The seminar was held on 13 November 2006 in Bonn (Germany).
Series on Pesticides, N° 40,
[ENV/JM/MONO(2007)27]

ICGB biotechnology newsletter no. 18 published

20-sept.-2007

A new issue of the OECD Biotechnology Update has been published. This newsletter provides up-to-date information on the diverse activities at OECD related to biotechnology

Policies for a better environment: Progress in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

14-sept.-2007

The political and economic landscape in the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) is evolving. Are environmental policies keeping pace? What are the main barriers to further progress? What are the emerging policy issues and priority areas for action? A new OECD/EAP Task Force report assesses the progress that has been made by countries so far in achieving the objectives of the EECCA Environment Strategy and focuses on actual policy measure taken by EECCA government.

Translating Environmental Law into Practice: Progress in Modernising Environmental Regulation and Compliance Assurance in EECCA Countries

05-sept.-2007

Poor environmental compliance is symptomatic of policy failure and implies high costs for society, undermines the rule of law, and distorts the level playing field for businesses.
The current report, developed within the framework of the EAP Task Force’s Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN), reviews progress in transposing the Guiding Principles into practice and provides recommendations on future action.
The report argues that EECCA countries need to pursue a better regulation process aimed at ambitious, but also fair, feasible, and clear environmental requirements.

Current Developments/ Activities on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials, Berlin, Germany, 25-27 April 2007

07-août-2007

This document provides information on current/planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member countries.  Information was provided by delegations who participated in the 2nd Meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials.  There are also reports on relevant current activities in other International Organisations such as the ISO. In addition, delegations added a short list of highlights at the top of their submissions to give readers a general idea of key events since the 1st meeting of the Working Party. 

Publication of a new consensus document on Safety Information on Transgenic Plants Expressing Bacillus thuringiensis

03-août-2007

This document addresses the general information concerning the δ-endotoxin genes and their protein toxin products that confer insect protection to plants. The United States served as the lead country in the preparation of this document.

The Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response and the Guidance on Safety Performance Indicators

25-juil.-2007

The Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response  and the Guidance on Safety Performance Indicators  are now available in Chinese.

OECD Workshop on the Development of a Unique Identifier for Bacteria

06-juil.-2007

An OECD workshop was held by the Sub-working Group on Micro-organisms of the OECD Working Group on Harmonisation of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology (the Working Group), 20-22 June 2007 at Moscow State University.

Indicateurs Clés de l'Environnement 2007

13-juin-2007

Ce rapport est un des produits du programme de l'OCDE sur les indicateurs de l'environnement. Ces indicateurs donnent un aperçu général des grandes questions environnementales qui se posent dans les pays de l'OCDE et sont mis à jour une fois par an.