EU to weaken more environment reporting rules, draft document shows

By Kate Abnett

BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The European Commission has drafted proposals to cut back more EU environment laws, targeting requirements for industries to report on their pollution and waste, a draft EU document seen by Reuters showed.

The draft proposal, due to be published on Wednesday, is the latest part of the European Union’s “omnibus” effort to reduce bureaucracy for businesses and cut regulations that industries say hurt their profitability.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Europe’s environmental regulations are among the world’s strictest, covering such things as CO2 emissions, water quality and bans on harmful chemicals.

The Commission, the EU executive body, will propose ending an EU requirement for individual industrial facilities and livestock farms to have an