MWP 2023-1.pdf
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… analysis of scientific data and which, thus, will not be examined in the present thesis. 24 The in-house science and knowledge service of the Commission. 25 Note: by the time the present thesis was being written, the SCHEER review became unavailable online due to a technical malfunctioning of the Commission’s website. After a round of e-mails with several members of the Commission (Mr. Daniel Sheridan Ferrie – Spokesperson for the Commission; Miss Aikaterini Apostola – Press officer; and Miss Silvia De Iacovo – Policy assistant), the review has been made available online again. 26 The merits of which will not be analysed by this thesis, as they would require a quite advanced level of scientific knowledge. 4 and what are the limits to the Institutions’ discretion when adopting science-based measures in situations … 36 TFEU. A. Alemanno in E. Vos, European Risk Governance: Its Science, its Inclusiveness and its Effectiveness, Connex, 2008, p. 37. 40 On this point: “EU regulation relies on modern science to keep citizens and the environment safe. From the food we buy, the medicines we take, to a multitude of products we purchase every day, the assumption is that they are safe. A thriving internal market relies on such assumption. It is also the foundation of the EU regulatory state”. M. Weimer, M. Morvillo, …