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Case study – France’s gateway ports and inland connections

11-Jul-2011

Case study –  France’s gateway ports and inland connections – meeting with MEEDDM officials

Three new and one revised Emission Scenario Document published

07-Jul-2011

Three new Emission Scenario Documents (ESDs) on the releases of chemicals from the Application of Radiation Curable Coatings, Inks, and Adhesives, from the Use of Metalworking Fluids, and from Water-Based Operations at Industrial and Institutional Laundries are now available. The ESD on Coating Application via Spray-Painting in the Automotive Refinishing Industry from 2004 was revised. ESDs describe methods for estimating emissions of chemicals from various industry sectors and/or from uses of chemicals. Including these new documents, OECD has so far published 27 ESDs.

North-West Europe Gateway Area - Port of Rotterdam Case Study

05-Jul-2011

Case Study: North West Europe Gateway Area - Rotterdam Workshop The North West Europe Gateway Area work explores the future opportunities and challenges facing the key ports in this area – and the Port of Rotterdam in particular.

PESTICIDES: Publication of the OECD Survey on Efficacy & Crop Safety Data Requirements & Guidelines for the Registration of Pesticide Minor Uses: Survey Results

05-Jul-2011

This document contains the report of a survey carried out in 2009 by the OECD Expert Group on Minor Uses (EGMU), a sub-group of the Working Group on Pesticides, on “Efficacy & Crop Safety Data Requirements & Guidelines for the Registration of Pesticide Minor Uses”. The aim of the survey was to provide an overview of regulatory requirements and mechanisms pertaining to minor uses in OECD member countries.

PESTICIDES: Publication of the OECD Survey on Regulatory Incentives for the Registration of Pesticide Minor Uses: Survey Results

05-Jul-2011

This document contains the report of a survey carried out in 2009 by the OECD Expert Group on Minor Uses (EGMU), a sub-group of the Working Group on Pesticides, on “Regulatory Incentives for the Registration of Pesticide Minor Uses”. The aim of the survey was to provide an overview of regulatory incentives available to enhance the registration of pesticide minor uses.

PESTICIDES: Guidance Document on Regulatory Incentives for the Registration of Pesticide Minor Uses

05-Jul-2011

This document provides guidance to national regulatory authorities in providing greater incentives to encourage applicants (manufacturers/registrants) to register agricultural pesticides (including both synthetically and naturally derived products) for minor uses.  This document is based upon the results of a survey conducted in 2009 by the OECD Expert Group on Minor Uses (EGMU), which detailed available incentives in OECD countries [see survey results in publication ENV/JM/MONO(2011)14].

Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions in Regulatory Analysis of Environmental, Health and Transport Policies: Policy Implications

28-Jun-2011

The paper draws out policy-implications of a major meta-analysis that was made from estimates of the value of a statistical life in stated preferences surveys as a guide for policy makers on how to include VSL estimates in policy assessments.

Policy Interventions to Address Health Impacts Associated with Air Pollution, Unsafe Water Supply and Sanitation, and Hazardous Chemicals

28-Jun-2011

The document is developed based on an analysis of recent peer-reviewed literature, and focuses on studies which value the impacts of human exposure to outdoor air pollution, unsafe water supply and sanitation and hazardous chemicals, and the costs of policy interventions to address such impacts.

Addendum to the OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response

23-Jun-2011

This Addendum has been developed as a supplement to the second edition of the OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response, published in 2003. 

The Addendum takes into account the results of five workshops that were held under the auspices of the OECD Working Group on Chemical Accidents during the period from 2003 – 2007.

Interactions Between Emission Trading Systems and Other Overlapping Policy Instruments

16-Jun-2011

This paper discusses interactions that can occur when a cap-and-trade based emission trading system is combined with overlapping policy instruments, addressing emissions stemming from the same sources.