This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment accompanying the above proposal which was submitted on 11 June 2013. The Single European Sky (SES) initiative aims to improve the overall efficiency of the way in which...

This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment (IA) accompanying the proposed changes to the Council Decision on the definition of drugs and a proposed new Regulation on emerging psychoactive substances, submitted on...

This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment accompanying the above proposal which was submitted on 21 November 2013. Since 1999, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been specifically supporting information...

Alien species are species that are transported outside of their natural range, through direct or indirect, deliberate or accidental, human action. The term 'Invasive Alien Species' (IAS) is used to refer to the 10 to 15 per cent of these species (animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms) in...