NGO recommendations for trilogue negotiations on the Soil Monitoring Law
Currently, over 60% of soils are undergoing degradation processes. One of the major causes of this is the lack of a dedicated EU legislative framework. Read our 10 key policy recommendations for the upcoming trilogue negotiations on the Soil Monitoring Law.
In July 2023, the European Commission proposed a Soil Monitoring Law (Directive for Soil Monitoring and Resilience, SML), but its proposal falls short in key areas. Over the past year, the European Parliament (EP) and the Council adopted their respective positions on the SML. As the institutions now enter trilogue negotiations, we, a coalition of 9 NGOs, urge them to agree on the strongest version of the law, drawing on the most ambitious elements of the agreed mandates.
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