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12-Jul-2007
In response to a questionnaire on minor uses fifteen countries and the European Commission responded. They include Australia, Canada, Estonia , European Commission, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Switzerland, UK, and the US.
The report is a collation of various aspects such as responsible regulatory authorities/agencies, data requirements, activities being pursued and regulatory mechanisms for approving minor uses in member countries.
[Series on Pesticides N° 38]
ENV/JM/MONO(2007)12
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11-Jul-2007
The OECD/DAC Network on Environment and Development Co-operation and the Poverty-Environment Partnership Network are tracking their members’ country-level activities related to environment and development. The main objectives of this survey are to provide an overview of “who is doing what and where”, and to facilitate collaboration between agencies. The Survey is updated regularly, and this version includes responses received by June 2007.
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02-Jul-2007
The OECD is to work with other international organisations and partners to develop a new approach to measuring how societies are changing by using high quality, reliable statistics to assess progress in a range of areas affecting citizens’ quality of life.
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25-Jun-2007
The Environment, Health and Safety News is a newsletter issued approximately every eight months. Its purpose is to provide an update on the main events and activities of the OECD Environment, Health and Safety Programme. Information on new publications arising from the Programme as well as dates and venues of upcoming events and meetings are given.
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20-Jun-2007
This document provides a set of definitions of key terms that apply to groups of chemicals that could be subject to reduced notification requirements and to exemptions and exclusions.
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15-Jun-2007
The Handbook proposes a set of management tools and approaches to designing realistic public environmental expenditure programmes and selecting and financing the most cost-effective projects supported with public funds. It focuses on appraising investment projects in the water sector. It is tailored to the perspective of the public financier, not the project promoter.
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12-Jun-2007
eChemPortal is an internet gateway that provides direct free access to information on the properties of chemicals (physical-chemical properties, environmental fate and behaviour, ecotoxicity, toxicity) as well as to hazard and risk assessments. It allows users to simultaneously search multiple databases, most of which are prepared for government chemical review programmes.
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04-Jun-2007
The Advisory Document of the Working Group on GLP on Archiving is now available.
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31-May-2007
This expert meeting took place on the 27th of April 2007 in the OECD premises and was organised jointly by the OECD, the EUWI Finance Working Group and the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Programme. More about this work.
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11-May-2007
A new OECD report on Switzerland notes remarkable improvements in numerous areas of its environment including air, water, waste management but insists the country must better manage its natural resources, particularly biodiversity and land protection. The report makes 46 specific recommendations.
The report was released at a news conference on 11 May 2007, Schwellenmätteli, Bern at 10am by M. Leuenberger, Federal Councillor; L. Lorentsen, OECD Environment Director; B. Oberle, Secretary of State for Environment; and C. Avérous, head of OECD’s national environmental reviews.
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