32026L0805#rec_8Directive (EU) 2026/805 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Recital (8)

The Commission’s communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal sets out a strategy to ensure, by 2050, a climate-neutral, clean and circular economy, optimising resource management while minimising pollution. The communication of the Commission of 14 October 2020 on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment and the Zero Pollution Action Plan specifically address pollution aspects of the European Green Deal. Other particularly relevant and complementary policies are set out in the communications of the Commission of 16 January 2018 on a European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy, of 19 February 2020 on Shaping Europe’s digital future, of 19 February 2020 on a European strategy for data, of 20 May 2020 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, of 20 May 2020 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives, of 25 November 2020 on the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, of 17 November 2021 on the EU Soil Strategy for 2030 Reaping the benefits of healthy soils for people, food, nature and climate and of 4 June 2025 on the European Water Resilience Strategy.

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