The promises from the nominated Environment Commissioner are presented in the written answers she has now submitted to the EU Parliament ahead of the expected committee hearings in early November.
Over eleven pages, she outlines her plans for specific legislation that she intends to propose, as well as her views on the Parliament and its significance.
One of her first and most important tasks will be to present a proposal for an update of the EU's heavy chemical legislation Reach already next year. Moreover, she plans to combat the debated PFAS chemicals, which have sparked debate in several EU countries recently.
"I can already say that I will try to ban the use of PFAS in consumer products, such as cosmetics, materials that come into contact with food and outdoor clothing," Roswall writes, among other things.
The EU's disputed nature restoration law – which Roswall will be responsible for driving through, despite having sat in a government that actively opposed it – she now calls a "important, but flexible tool".
"I will minimize unnecessary administrative burdens," promises Jessika Roswall.
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The German President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has already received an extended mandate for five years. Under her, there will be a Commissioner from each member state, except her own.
The nominated Commissioners – including Sweden's former EU Minister Jessika Roswall – have been assigned different tasks and will be questioned by the relevant committees in the EU Parliament during the first two weeks of November.
If all of them pass the hearings, the entire Commission is expected to be formally approved in time to start its work from December 1.
Roswall has been nominated as responsible for the environment, water resilience, and a competitive circular economy, and will be heard by the Parliament's Environment Committee on November 5.
