Changes on the road map of the Circular Economy

13/12/2014

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The European Commission proposes to withdraw or amend 80 of 450 proposals examined, a few of them about sustainable growth, in its 2015 Work Program.

Past 16th December, the European Commission adopted its Work Program for 2015 setting out 23 new initiatives proposed by the Juncker Commission, following the Political Guidelines presented to the European Parliament; 80 existing proposals which the Commission proposes to withdraw or amend for political or technical reasons.

This past July, the European Commission published its Circular Economy package, which aims to deliver increased resource efficiency through reuse and high-quality recycling processes, however the European Commission does not include a few legislative initiatives about the end-of-life of construction products and environment.

On the other side, the program sets out the 23 initiatives the Commission is politically committed to delivering in 2015, focus on:

  • An Investment Plan for Europe: the legislative follow-up to the Plan announced last month, unlocking public and private investments in the real economy of at least € 315 billion over the next three years.
  • A Digital Single Market Package: creating the conditions for a vibrant digital economy and society by complementing the telecommunications regulatory environment, modernising copyright rules, simplifying rules for consumers making online and digital purchases, enhancing cyber-security and mainstreaming digitalisation.
  • The first steps towards a European Energy Union: to ensure energy supply security, further integrate national energy markets, reduce European energy demand and decarbonise the energy mix.
  • A Fairer Approach to Taxation: An Action Plan on efforts to combat tax evasion and tax fraud, including measures at EU level in order to move to a system on the basis of which the country where profits are generated is also the country of taxation; including automatic exchange of information on tax rulings and stabilising corporate tax bases.
  • A European Agenda on Migration: developing a new approach on legal migration to make the EU an attractive destination for talent and skills and improving the management of migration into the EU through greater cooperation with third countries, solidarity among our Member States and fighting human trafficking.
  • Deeper Economic and Monetary Union: Continued efforts to promote economic stability and attract investors to Europe.

 

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