27/02/2018 (Agence Europe) – A step was taken in Brussels on Tuesday 27 February towards simplifying the reporting rules imposed on the member states by EU environmental law. The European Parliament’s environment committee voted by an overwhelming majority (52 to 1) to pass the provisional inter-institutional agreement reached on 22 November 2017 on a draft decision reducing, simplifying and harmonising member states’ obligations. By virtue of this agreement, an end will be brought to...