New EU rules restricting “forever chemicals” in food packaging and requiring packaging to be traceable have taken effect in Slovakia. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which applies across the EU, covers manufacturers, importers, distributors, retailers and other businesses selling packaged goods. “It will have a fundamental impact on the entire waste-management sector,” said…
Ukrainian farmers will be able to receive state support for the purchase of complex mineral fertilizers of domestic production. Agricultural producers will be able to receive up to 1000 UAH per hectare of non-refundable state aid for the purchase of complex mineral fertilizers of Ukrainian production at the rate of up to 7 tons per…
Lithuania’s State Security Department has warned that proposals to resume the transit of Belarusian fertilisers through the port of Klaipeda would effectively circumvent European Union sanctions without reducing security threats posed by Minsk. “This would bypass sanctions, but not the threats,” State Security Department director Remigijus Bridikis said on May 26. “The regime is what…
Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said the US was pressuring Lithuania to allow the transit of Belarusian fertilisers through its territory, according to remarks made in a closed-door meeting with the Social Democratic faction. Several Social Democrats who attended the meeting confirmed the information on condition of anonymity. According to them, Budrys specifically used the word…
On March 9, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine Oleksandr Krasnolutskyi held an online meeting with the Bureau for Chemical Substance of the Republic of Poland on the development of bilateral cooperation in chemical safety. Oksana Mylianyk, an expert from the Recovery and Reform Support Team (RST), also took part in the…
Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene on January 29 dismissed speculation that the United States had urged Lithuania to resume the transit of Belarusian potash fertilisers, saying the issue was being unnecessarily escalated. “We are escalating many issues that perhaps do not need to be escalated at all. One of them is the transit of fertilisers…
As soon as this year, Ukraine is launching a new electronic system that will be used by producers and importers to add full information about each beauty product. The relevant statement was made by Director of Electronic Health State Enterprise (EZdorovya) Oleksandr Yemets during eHealth Day. “The electronic information notification system on beauty products is…