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29-Apr-2008
Section 4.1.1 of the OECD Monograph Guidance Document has been revised to include text which specifies that Regulatory Authorities should not use the contents of a Monograph from another country as a basis for their regulatory decisions unless the data package upon which a particular Monograph was based has been provided to the Authority, or the owner of the data has granted permission for use of the summary evaluation in a Monograph in lieu of the data.
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29-Apr-2008
Ministers discussed environmental priorities and the challenges and opportunities created by the current economic situation and policies, including on biodiversity and climate change.
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28-Apr-2008
OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper 2007-02 Part I&II. This report documents the incidence, and impact of, non-tariff measures that are perceived to act as barriers to trade in seven sectors of environmental goods and associated services.
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21-Apr-2008
The International Workshop on Documentary Standards for Measurement and Characterisation in Nanotechnologies was held 26-28 February 2008 at National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg (USA), in co-ordination with ISO, IEC, NIST and the OECD. The participants discussed the development, efficacy, harmonisation and uptake of documentary standards broadly relevant to the field of measurement and characterisation for nanotechnologies. The summary, as well as the presentations provided during the workshop, is available by clicking on the link.
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18-Apr-2008
This document provides information on current/planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member and non-member countries. Information was provided by delegations who participated in the 3rd Meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials. There are also reports on relevant current activities in some International Organisations.
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15-Apr-2008
The chemical industry and OECD governments test hundreds of chemicals every year, spending millions of euros to ensure the safety of chemical products. Now OECD has devised an innovative product, the (Q)SAR Application Toolbox, to estimate the hazardous properties of chemicals by analysing their molecular structure.
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08-Apr-2008
Labour productivity has grown strongly in the Slovak Republic, Hungary and Korea in recent years while growth rates in some other OECD countries such as Italy, Mexico, Portugal and New Zealand have slowed markedly.
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02-Apr-2008
The OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox is a software application intended to be used by governments, the chemical industry and other stakeholders to fill gaps in (eco)toxicity data needed for assessing the hazards of chemicals. With this Toolbox, a user can fill data gaps by read-across and trend analysis, group chemicals into categories and gain access to a library of (Q)SAR models. It can be downloaded free of charge. (Press Release)
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01-Apr-2008
On March 26 2008, a Workshop on “Incentives to Capture the Biodiversity and Carbon Benefits for Reducing Deforestation: Linkages, Synergies and Limitations” was held in Paris...
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19-Mar-2008
OECD says Australia should better manage the environment by protecting its natural resources, improving energy efficiency and using more environmentally friendly taxes and prices. While OECD welcomes Australia’s progress in tackling environmental issues over the past decade, it notes that Australia must take further steps to ‘green’ its economy and to face climate change and water challenges.
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