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Revision of Fertilisers Regulation. Ad Hoc Working Groups. 1st December 2011 Fertilisers Working Group. Objectives of the ad hoc WGs. Help Commission in identifying the most appropriate options to address the objectives of the revision Develop further parts of the analysis of the IA study
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Revision of Fertilisers Regulation Ad Hoc Working Groups 1st December 2011 Fertilisers Working Group
Objectives of the ad hoc WGs • Help Commission in identifying the most appropriate options to address the objectives of the revision • Develop further parts of the analysis of the IA study • Elaborate structure, scope and content of the future proposal assuming different promising options
Needs and tools of the ad hoc WGs • Need active (!) participation of experts in looking at various options; negotiations are for later (co)decision • Tools : • Background documents (to be elaborated by Commission and co-chairs mainly) • CIRCA will ensure • Transparency of the work • Very wide participation through « interest group » discussion
Participants • Invitation to participate triggered very long list of candidates • Need to apply some selection criteria to maintain workable size of WG • Good news : Every candidate will have access to CIRCA documents and ‘interest/news group’ discussion
Participants : how to come to a workable group size ? • MS : max. 1 expert/MS/WG + co-chairs • CEN : max. 1 representative/WG • Industry : • Priority to EU Federation but national organisation can substitute where appropriate • Max. 12 experts/WG to be distributed as presented in the chart • Preference for one expert only in one WG
Participants : way forward • Industry : • Coordinate and decide who will be physically present (by 15 December) for each WG • NGO : EEB/PAN invited • COM services
First meetings : way forward • Agenda’s for first 3 meetings (16/17/18/01/2012) to be finalised • List of participants to be circulated • Rules of procedure to be adopted • Co-chairs to be elected: we need volunteers (long term efforts !) • CIRCA interest groups to be created