Decision (EU) 2022/591 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030

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Series Details L 114, Pages 22-36
Publication Date 12/04/2022
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Decision (EU) 2022/591 - formally signed by the co-legislators on 6 April 2022 - setting out the General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (8th EAP).

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The Environmental Action Programme (EAP) provides a framework for the EU's overall environmental policy development and guide the policy-making by identifying priorities and setting out a long-term vision and goals. The EAPs have guided the development of EU environment policy since the 1970s.

The seventh programme was scheduled to expire in December 2020 and its Article 4(3) requires the European Commission to present a proposal for an eighth programme in a timely manner with a view to avoiding a gap between the two programmes. The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament urged the Commission to put forward a new programme. The European Green Deal also announced the adoption of a new environment action programme. The 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP), embedded with the vision and priority objectives of the Green Deal, thus aimed to support the European Union's common commitment to a green recovery.

The draft Decision was tabled by the European Commission on 14 October 2020. Member State representatives adopted a general approach on behalf of the Council on 17 March 2021, followed by the plenary of the Parliament in July 2021. An informal agreement between the co-legislators on a compromise text regarding this file was reached on 2 December. This was endorsed by the Parliament on 10 March 2022 and by the Council on 29 March. The Decision was formally signed by the co-legislators on 6 April 2022, and published in the Official Journal on 12 April 2022.

Source Link http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/591/oj
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Commentary and Analysis
EPRS: At a Glance, July 2021: Eighth Union Environment Action Programme https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_ATA(2021)690692
EPRS: At a Glance, March 2022: Eighth Environment Action Programme https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_ATA(2022)729274

News
The Irish Times, 02/12/2021: EU agrees to phase out fossil fuel subsidies in 10-year plan https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/eu-agrees-to-phase-out-fossil-fuel-subsidies-in-10-year-plan-1.4745278

Official
EUR-LEX: COM(2020)652: Proposal for a Decision on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2020:652:FIN
European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on Union environment action programme (2021-2030) (2020/0300(COD)) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?reference=2020/0300(COD)
European Parliament: Legislative Train Schedule: 8th Environmental Action Programme (2021-2030) https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-european-green-deal/file-new-environmental-action-programme
European Commission: DG Environment: Environment action programme to 2030 https://ec.europa.eu/environment/strategy/environment-action-programme-2030_en
Council of the European Union: Press Release, 17/03/2021: 8th Environment Action Programme: Member States ready to start negotiations with Parliament https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/03/17/8th-environment-action-programme-member-states-ready-to-start-negotiations-with-parliament/
Council of the European Union: Press Release, 10/12/2021: 8th EAP: member states endorse provisional political agreement reached with Parliament https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/12/10/8th-eap-member-states-endorse-provisional-political-agreement-reached-with-parliament/
European Parliament: Press Release, 10/03/2022: Parliament adopts EU environmental objectives until 2030 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220304IPR24804/
Council of the European Union: Press Release, 29/03/2022: Council adopts 8th environmental action programme https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/03/29/council-adopts-8th-environmental-action-programme/

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