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Green claims: Committee Chairs react to cancellation of negotiations [3]
Following the Commission’s announcement it intends to withdraw the legislative proposal on green claims, the Council decided to cancel talks with Parliament scheduled for today.
Anna Cavazzini [4] (Greens/EFA, DE), Chair of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, and Antonio Decaro [5] (S&D, IT), Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, commented on this last-minute cancellation:
“ Less than three hours before the start of the final trilogue, we learned of the Presidency’s unwillingness to engage in negotiations with the Parliament and the Commission, because of the Commission’s recent announcements and the change of positions within the Council itself./
“This modus operandi could set a dangerous precedent for the legislative process and institutional procedures, leading to unnecessary and avoidable confrontation among co-legislators. We do not believe it is fair to deprive Parliament of the opportunity to finalise the negotiations on a directive after two years of legislative process and countless hours of work./
“We are thus being prevented from discussing and hopefully agreeing on an important directive that serves to build environmental awareness and consumer trust by making environmental marketing claims more reliable and verifiable. What’s more, fighting greenwashing would create a more level playing field for businesses that already work sustainably./
As Chairs of the responsible committees at the European Parliament, we are ready to continue negotiations as soon as possible by resuming the institutional dialogue/.”
Parliament’s co-rapporteurs Sandro Gozi [6] (Renew, FR) from the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Tiemo Wölken [7] (S&D, DE) from the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety also responded to the decision during a press conference today where they explained their position and answered media questions. See the recording here [8] .
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Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
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Press release on the adoption of the EP mandate
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Overview of the work done on the file at the Parliament
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