Report of the OECD-EC Workshop on Risk Assessment Practices for Hazardous Substances Involved in Accidental Releases, 16-18 October 2006, Varese, Italy

10-oct.-2007

The Report of the OECD-EC Workshop on Risk Assessment Practices for Hazardous Substances Involved in Accidental Releases, 16-18 October 2006, Varese, Italy, has been published.

Report of the OECD-EC Workshop on Risk Assessment Practices for Hazardous Substances Involved in Accidental Releases, 16-18 October 2006, Varese, Italy

10-oct.-2007

Le document, Report of the OECD-EC Workshop on Risk Assessment Practices for Hazardous Substances Involved in Accidental Releases, 16-18 October 2006, Varese, Italy, est publié.

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

Impressions recueillies auprès des entreprises sur les Obstacles Non Tarifaires (ONT) à l’exportation de certains biens environnementaux et services connexes

19-sept.-2007

Document de travail de l’OCDE sur les échanges et l’environnement n° 2007-02 Partie I et II. Cette étude rend compte de l’incidence et de l’impact des obstacles non tarifaires (ONT) considérés comme des obstacles aux échanges dans sept secteurs proposant des biens environnementaux et des services connexes.

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.

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