In November 2022, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation for a Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF).This proposal includes various provisions that would empower the Commission to adopt delegated acts. Delegated acts are intended to specify a number of provisions of the regulation. This report examines whether the proposed provisions on delegation are in line with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU). In this regard, the analysis focusses on the question what elements of the proposal can be referred to as "essential elements" and hence must not be regulated in delegated acts. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
This Scientific Opinion Paper reports about current plans of the European Commission to issue a delegated act on communication of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from construction products in form of “VOC classes”. German authorities consider this draft delegated act as completely insufficient regarding health requirements for the marketing of construction products and campaign for resumption of discussions and supplementation of the proposal in order to efficiently avoid unacceptable adverse health effects.