24/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – The legislative proposal that will set binding nature restoration targets as part of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 has been delayed again. Scheduled to be presented on 14 December, it no longer appears in the European Commission’s provisional timetable of 23 November covering the period until the end of the year. In September, at the UN, before the COP15 on global biodiversity, these targets were announced for November by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (see EUROPE 12797/10). The proposal to revise the EU directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law (amendment of directive 2008/99/EC) is still on this provisional calendar for presentation on 14 December. (AN)