Environment

Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she plans to consult the public on her Department's 25 year environment plan after it has been published.

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 November 2016.#Bayer CropScience SA-NV and Stichting De Bijenstichting v College voor de toelating van gewasbeschermingsmiddelen en biociden.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Aarhus Convention — Directive 2003/4/CE — Article 4(2) — Public access to information — Concept of ‘information relating to emissions into the environment’ — Directive 91/414/EEC — Directive 98/8/EC — Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 — Placing of plant protection products and biocides on the market — Confidentiality — Protection of industrial and commercial interests.#Case C-442/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 November 2016

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 November 2016.#European Commission v Stichting Greenpeace Nederland and Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe).#Appeal — Access to documents of the institutions — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Environment — Aarhus Convention — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Article 6(1) — Risk of an adverse effect on the commercial interests of a natural or legal person — Concept of ‘information relating to emissions into the environment’ — Documents relating to the authorisation procedure for an active substance contained in plant protection products — Active substance glyphosate.#Case C-673/13 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 November 2016

Geen onomkeerbare stappen inzake meerjarige financiering Milieu Centraal

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 23 November 2016

Geen onomkeerbare stappen inzake meerjarige financiering Milieu Centraal

Umweltförderungsgesetz, Änderung; Zusätzliche Mittel für Energieeffizienz, Aufhebung

Austria · National Council · 22 November 2016

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Umweltförderungsgesetz geändert und das Bundesgesetz, mit dem zusätzliche Mittel für Energieeffizienz bereitgestellt werden, aufgehoben wird

rumänischer Welpenschmuggler in Nickelsdorf gestoppt

Austria · National Council · 22 November 2016

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Josef A. Riemer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend rumänischen Welpenschmuggler in Nickelsdorf gestoppt

immer weniger Wirbeltiere

Austria · National Council · 22 November 2016

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Josef A. Riemer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend immer weniger Wirbeltiere

freier Zugang zum botanischen Garten Schönbrunn

Austria · National Council · 22 November 2016

Antrag der Abgeordneten Sigrid Maurer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend freien Zugang zum Botanischen Garten Schönbrunn

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many projects in operation in her Department are related to the UK's exit of the EU.

Environment Protection: Standards

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisation will provide external scrutiny of the UK's performance against environmental protection requirements once the UK leaves the EU; and if she will appoint an Ombudsman

Environment Protection: Public Consultation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how members of the public will be able to contribute to her Department's upcoming consultation on the 25 Year Plan for the environment.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Environmental Audit Committee on 25 October 2016, Question 332, what proport

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Breastfeeding

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) facilities and (b) other support her Department provides for (i) visitors and (ii) staff for (A) lactating mothers and (B) the expressing of breast milk.

179. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his plans for the sale of a stake in a bank (details supplied); if he expects the environment to improve in the next 12 to 18 months to facilitate a sale of the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36097/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2016

179. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his plans for the sale of a stake in a bank (details supplied); if he expects the environment to improve in the next 12 to 18 months to facilitate a sale of the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36097/16]

178. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 10 November 2016, if there is guidance available to those providing gymnastics lessons on the specific standards as set out by the Department of Education and Skills in the school syllabus for primary or secondary level schools that must be met in order to qualify for the VAT exemption; if the exemption can apply in respect of the provision of gymnastics lessons to those of pre-school age subject to the same standards being met; if the exemption can apply to the provision of lessons outside of a school environment, provided the standards are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36095/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2016

178. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 10 November 2016, if there is guidance available to those providing gymnastics lessons on the specific standards as set out by the Department of Education and Skills in the school syllabus for primary or secondary level schools that must be met in order to qualify for the VAT exemption; if the exemption can apply in respect of the provision of gymnastics lessons to those of pre-school age subject to the same standards being met; if the exemption can apply to the provision of lessons outside of a school environment, provided the standards are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36095/16]

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

United States · United States Congress · 22 November 2016

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 This bill authorizes FY2017 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of: the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); the Department of Defense; the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); the National Security Agency (NSA); the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the U.S. Coast Guard; the Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); and the Department of Homeland Security. The bill also authorizes FY2017 appropriations for: (1) the Intelligence Community Management Account, (2) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund, and (3) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The ODNI must submit a five-year investment strategy for outreach and recruiting efforts in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that includes cybersecurity and computer literacy. Higher minimum pay rates may be established for positions that require STEM expertise. The bill establishes an executive branch interagency committee to counter active measures by the Russian Federation to exert covert influence over peoples and governments. It places travel restrictions on personnel and consulars of the Russian Federation in the United States. The ODNI must implement a uniform policy to ensure the independence of inspectors general of the intelligence community, the ODNI, the CIA, the NSA, the DIA, the NGA, and the NRO. Inspectors general must report directly to Congress when an employee's urgent concern involving classified information or false statements appears credible. The Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive is redesignated as the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, with a director to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The bill also revises or sets forth requirements for: the ODNI to participate in fundraising events for nonprofit organizations that support intelligence community employees and their families; CIA employee death and retirement benefits; publication of the logos of terrorist organizations; space-based environmental monitoring missions and acquisition programs to meet national security requirements for cloud characterization and theater weather imagery; an evaluation of aerial imagery technologies that can be used to share intelligence with other countries as a replacement for the current regime of observation flights; a declassification review of intelligence reports regarding past terrorist activities of detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and a concept for a combined interagency space operations center and an updated strategy for national security satellite systems.

Environment Protection: Public Consultation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has for members of the public to contribute to the consultation on its 25 year plan for the natural environment.

Environment Protection: EU Law

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to retain the effect of EU environmental directives in UK law after the UK leaves the EU.

Voorstel van de leden Çegerek (PvdA), Van Veldhoven (D66) en Van Tongeren (GL) tot uitstel van het algemeen overleg Duurzaamheid en milieu

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 21 November 2016

Voorstel van de leden Çegerek (PvdA), Van Veldhoven (D66) en Van Tongeren (GL) tot uitstel van het algemeen overleg Duurzaamheid en milieu

Environment Protection: Public Consultation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she plans that members of the public will be able to contribute to the upcoming consultation on the 25 Year Natural Environment Plan.

Environment Protection: Public Consultation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the details of the public consultation on the 25 Year Natural Environment Plan.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a comprehensive list is being compiled of environmental, agricultural, fisheries and food regulations which are affected by withdrawal from the EU; and if so, whether they intend to publish this information.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list the statutory instruments currently in force which were made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, the subject matter of which falls within the departmental responsibilities of the

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Defra staff (1) have been seconded to other Departments to work on the Brexit agenda, and (2) continue to be employed within Defra but are now allocated to work on Brexit preparation.

256. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the total €1.4 billion programme funding allocated to green low-carbon agri-environment scheme up until 2020 will be fully drawn down; if any unspent GLAS funds will be kept within the 2014-20 RDP window and not transferred to post-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35689/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2016

256. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the total €1.4 billion programme funding allocated to green low-carbon agri-environment scheme up until 2020 will be fully drawn down; if any unspent GLAS funds will be kept within the 2014-20 RDP window and not transferred to post-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35689/16]

253. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers enrolled in the agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, whose contracts will end in 2018, by county, in tabular form; if he will permit such farmers to join GLAS under a fourth round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35686/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2016

253. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers enrolled in the agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, whose contracts will end in 2018, by county, in tabular form; if he will permit such farmers to join GLAS under a fourth round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35686/16]

252. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the EPA report, Ireland's Environment - An Assessment 2016, and the analysis on economically viable farms in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35685/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2016

252. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the EPA report, Ireland's Environment - An Assessment 2016, and the analysis on economically viable farms in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35685/16]

TPS Reform Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2016

TPS Reform Act of 2016 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the criteria for designation of a foreign state as eligible to have its citizens be given temporary protected status (TPS) in the United States. Such revisions include the following: (1) such a foreign state shall be designated by an Act of Congress rather than by the Department of Justice; (2) such Act must find that an environmental disaster in such a foreign state is immediately life-threatening; (3) such Act may provide for early termination of a foreign state's designation; (4) such Act shall include an estimate of the number of a foreign state's nationals who are TPS eligible, their U.S. immigration status, and a time period for the effectiveness of the designation of not more than 18 months; and (5) an alien lacking lawful immigration status shall be ineligible for TPS.

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 November 2016.#Stadt Wiener Neustadt v Niederösterreichische Landesregierung.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment — Directive 85/337/EEC — Directive 2011/92/EU — Scope — Concept of ‘specific act of national legislation’ — No environmental impact assessment — Definitive authorisation — Legislative regularisation a posteriori of the lack of environmental impact assessment — Principle of cooperation — Article 4 TEU.#Case C-348/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 November 2016

Verzoek van het lid Visser (VVD) om een reactie van de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu op het bericht dat waterschappen risico-leningen voor buitenlandse projecten afsluiten

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 17 November 2016

Verzoek van het lid Visser (VVD) om een reactie van de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu op het bericht dat waterschappen risico-leningen voor buitenlandse projecten afsluiten

Vogelgrippe Typ H5N8 am Bodensee nachgewiesen

Austria · National Council · 16 November 2016

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Josef A. Riemer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend Vogelgrippe Typ H5N8 am Bodensee nachgewiesen

vergiftete Tiere in Gaindorf bei Hollabrunn gefunden

Austria · National Council · 16 November 2016

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Josef A. Riemer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend vergiftete Tiere in Gaindorf bei Hollabrunn gefunden

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Social Media

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is monitoring content that is publicly available on social networking sites using overt monitoring techniques.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Procurement

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times her Department has (a) terminated a contract, (b) imposed a penalty and (c) denied permission for a company to tender on the grounds of grave professional misconduct sin

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to assist eligible entities in carrying out programs to replace lead service lines for schools and solder that is not lead free used in the plumbing for schools, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2016

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to help schools and day cares in replacing service lines and solder that are not lead free. The program may fund activities for identifying the location and condition of the service lines and solder.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sick Leave

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many working days were lost due to mental illness in her Department in each of the last three years.

Opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered on 15 November 2016.#J. D. v Prezes Urzędu Regulacji Energetyki.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie Wydział Cywilny.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2009/28/EC — The second subparagraph of Article 2(a) — Energy from renewable sources — Hydropower — Meaning — Energy produced in a small-scale hydropower plant located at the point of discharge of industrial waste water from another plant.#Case C-4/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 November 2016

Besluit tot wijziging van het Activiteitenbesluit milieubeheer en enkele andere besluiten met name in verband met reparaties van de vierde tranche wijziging en tot intrekking van het Besluit kleiduivenschieten

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 15 November 2016

Besluit tot wijziging van het Activiteitenbesluit milieubeheer en enkele andere besluiten met name in verband met reparaties van de vierde tranche wijziging en tot intrekking van het Besluit kleiduivenschieten

National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2016

National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper. The rule must direct: public water systems to meet certain reporting requirements; the EPA to develop a sampling protocol and develop instructions for compliance with the protocol; the EPA, or the state exercising primary enforcement responsibility, to require on-site investigations for determining the source of lead when the concentration of lead or copper contamination exceeds specified levels; public water systems to meet certain notification and reporting requirements when lead or copper concentration levels are exceeded; the systems to develop and make publicly accessible an inventory of the material composition of the service lines at residential and nonresidential facilities; the systems to collect and make publicly accessible information about the ownership of those service lines; and the systems to replace an entire lead service line (instead of partially replacing them) when they are replaced. The EPA must also revise the rule to lower the allowable level of lead that may be contained in drinking water.

Verhinderung der Renaissance der Atomkraft in Europa

Austria · National Council · 11 November 2016

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Werner Neubauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Verhinderung der Renaissance der Atomkraft in Europa

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 18 October 2016, Official Report, 299WH, in which areas h

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Pay

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of women are employed by her Department on an outer London pay structure in the following pay grades (a) Administrative Assistant, (b) Administrative Officer, (c) Execu

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Pay

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of women are employed by her Department on a non-London pay structure in the following pay grades (a) Administrative Assistant, (b) Administrative Officer, (c) Executiv

Uran im Trinkwasser

Austria · National Council · 10 November 2016

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Josef A. Riemer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend Uran im Trinkwasser

nationale Implementierung der reformierten Erneuerbaren Energien Richtlinie (ILUC-Reform)

Austria · National Council · 10 November 2016

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Petra Bayr, MA, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend die nationale Implementierung der reformierten Erneuerbaren Energien Richtlinie (ILUC-Reform)

Horror-Tarantel auf dem Weg nach Österreich

Austria · National Council · 10 November 2016

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Josef A. Riemer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend Horror-Tarantel auf dem Weg nach Österreich

297. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers enrolled in AEOS scheme whose contracts will end in 2017; the average payment for these AEOS participants to date; if he will permit such farmers to join GLAS under a fourth round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34317/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2016

297. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers enrolled in AEOS scheme whose contracts will end in 2017; the average payment for these AEOS participants to date; if he will permit such farmers to join GLAS under a fourth round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34317/16]

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 10 November 2016.#European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2008/50/EC — Ambient air quality — Article 13(1) — Annex XI — Daily and annual limit values for PM10 concentrations — Systematic and continuous exceedance of the limit values — Article 22 — Postponement of the deadlines set to attain certain limit values — Conditions under which applicable — Article 23(1) — Air quality plans — ‘Shortest possible’ exceedance period — Appropriate measures — Information needed for an assessment.#Case C-488/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 10 November 2016

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 November 2016.#Eco-Emballages SA and Others v Sphère France SAS and Others and Melitta France SAS and Others v Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de lʼÉnergie.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de commerce de Paris and the Conseil d'État.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 94/62/EC — Article 3 — Packaging and packaging waste — Definition — Rolls, tubes and cylinders around which flexible material is wound (‘Roll cores’) — Directive 2013/2/EU — Validity — Amendment by the European Commission of the list of examples of packaging set out in Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC — Misinterpretation of the term ‘packaging’ — Misuse of implementing powers.#Joined Cases C-313/15 and C-530/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 10 November 2016

Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston delivered on 10 November 2016.#Schaefer Kalk GmbH & Co. KG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the European Union — Directive 2003/87/EC — Monitoring plan — Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 — Article 49(1) and point 10 of Annex IV — Calculation of the emissions of an installation — Subtraction of carbon dioxide (CO2) transferred — Exclusion of CO2 used in the production of precipitated calcium carbonate — Legality of the exclusion.#Case C-460/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 10 November 2016