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EEB EEnuvriorpoenamnental Bureau I vero oven: PMrsesUirdseunltavon der Leyen ERuuredopeelaanLCooim2m0i0ssion B1e0l4g9iBurmussels Dear President von der Leyen. Brussels,30une 2022 Re: Environmental Priorities under the Czech Presidencyofthe European Union Itgives me greatpleasure 1sendyou a copyofthe European Environmental Bureau's Memorandum totheincomingCzech Presidencyofthe European Union,settingoutour hopes andaspirationswith respect tothe environmentrelated outcomesofthe Presidency. Prepared incooperation with Seas at Risk. the Memorandumaddressesnot olyopicsdealtwith undertheauspicesofthe Environment `Council ut also thosedealtwith byotherCounci configurationswhere these concern matters relattionog affecting the environmen. TrheeCpzercheRehpuwebolrnilcdstacikheabnsoglivneegrtahtetacEkUoPnreasiEduerncoypeaatnapceroipilcea,lmaormeemnintd.erTohfeRtuhsesiiamnpworatraincneUokfratihneeEiUsa asa peace project an the valueofsolidarity. It also demonstrates how the EUS reliance on fossik fuels feedsPutinswarand has complicated the EUS politica response. Czech leadershipisessential andwelcomein thesetimesofwarandtmlgiven theCzechRepublic'sunderstandingofwhatisat eimsbkrfaocretdh.e CEzUeicfha lceoaodredrisnhaitpeds, rceoqhueirreendt,tocopmrpoamsostieonsiagtneifaicnadntcpirmoagtree-spsroionftarcekslpiongnsteheiennoertgypricing iss inensuringthe social dimension fully taken ntoaccountwhen addressing the dimateciss, in advancing and strengthening the EUS Fit for 5 package and in the REPowerEU package. The Czech Presidency alsohastheopportunityto advance in addressing the biodiversy crisis through asrong Council position on the Nature Restoration Law, leading the EU at the CBDCOP in Montreal and on the legislative proposal on pesticides. ThePresidencyshouldfurtherseize `opportunitioes the circular economy; advanceon ar pollution, industrial emissions and chemicals: encourageadherencetothe rueof law and governance inthe EU: and promate global diplomaocny theEuropean GreenDeal (GD). TheMemohrasbaeennprdepauredmonbehalfofa large constitutehenEcEyS:s 180member organizations, spread across more than 35 European countriesand includinag growing number of European networks, themselveshavea combined individual membershipofmore than30millon environmentallyconcerned cizens. We hope that in the comingmonths thisdocumentwil servaes a European Environmental Bureau te IpNo rrato +Aonora Seon + =Re TSNSO) +(E+2e05e5 +w Aws Domb COTRS314.37 + OCD GAISOL34 A rk gafcr 4Stes ) EEnuvriorpoenamnental Bureau useful pointofreferencenotonlyfor the CzechPresidencybutmore widely throughout the Member States and within the EU institutions. The succoefsasn EU Presidency dependsupon a collective effortbyal partestothedecision-making. processes.Inthiscontext,we urgeyou tosupporttheCzechGovernment ngingenvironmental issuesthe prioritytheydeserveduringisPresidency. We wouldofcourse welancyroeflemctieonsthatyou mayhave regarding th issues addressed in the Memorandum. Afwtoeurl1dlyikeeartostiantkheetphiossotp,powritlulnbieteynotesraiyntgrhettirteodmaeyntwialnl dbemmyycloaslldeayaagsuEEeB]SecIrNeEtaryGweinelrbaelt,he newSecGernerealftromatomrorryow, 1 July. 1amtrulysorythatwedid notgettomee duringyour imeas Comission President. Given that we ae posysouirstbrolngeyst andbestally in promoting thwiesEhuyrooupaelalntGhreebeensDteianly,oudroefhfortosthapp toysoituieownilltfhienEdUtahetttihmeeforemfreoenttwoiftthhmeytsruancscietsisoonrto. Iananycase, Sustainablefuturewherepeopleand nature thrive together. Yourssincerely, I Secretary General Cc CoolfClommeissgioneers KurtVandenberghe, Membofethre Von der Leyen Cabinet European Environmental Bureau tr+ E ataor r +Ae na . bn + S e UTETNS)++0EC5e0se00+A wenso : Dnt COSESH1316.27 + BC Dunn:AIS1434 +RVTrnpr actors Sve