SURFRIDER FOUNDATION EUROPE

While we support the objective of making EU legislation more effective, Surfrider Foundation Europe (SFE) strongly regrets the significant risks raised by this consultation and the clear deviation it introduces from that objective. Legislation cannot be considered more effective if it undermines the very goals it is meant to achieve. Cuts to regulations that protect the ocean, seas, coasts, and the health of citizens, or enhance civil society and communities ability to have their voice heard on marine and coastal issues, ultimately impose far higher costs than those regulations themselves can entail. These considerations also overlook the many benefits that environmental laws bring:…

Ocean Pact
Ocean Act
Marine Strategy Framework directive
Maritime Spatial Planning directive
Water Resilience Strategy
Coastal resilience strategy
Blue carbon roadmap
Nature credits initiative
Chemical Package: REACH, PFAS universal restriction proposal
Circular Economy, marine litter, including single-use plastics and microplastics, Plastics Strategy, waste directives, product policy, packaging and packaging waste regulation, proposal for a regulation on plastic pellets, textile strategy
EU policy framework on biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics
Empowering citizens in the green transition, Green Claims
Green Deal and relevant associated initiatives for ocean protection: Climate law, Biodiviersity strategy, Farm to fork strategy, Strategy for Adaptation to climate change, Zero Pollution Plan, etc.
Water legislation: Bathing water directive, Water Framework directive and related initiatives such as the updated list of pollutants for surface and groundwater, Urban WasteWater Treatment Directive, Drinking Water Directive, Nitrates Directive
Nature Restoration Law
Ocean governance
Shipping (Erika Package, ship source pollution Directive, etc) and
Sustainable Blue Economy strategy
Offshore safety directive and Renewable Energy Directive
Climate change resilience