What changed, Regulation (EC) No 401/2009

+ (o) to assist the Commission in the diffusion of information on the results of relevant environmental research and in a form which can best assist policy development;
− (o) to assist the Commission in the diffusion of information on the results of relevant environmental research and in a form which can best assist policy development.
+ (p) to develop assessment methodologies relating to chemicals in the fields falling within its mandate.
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+ **1.** The Agency shall actively seek the cooperation of the Commission, other Union bodies and programmes, in particular the Joint Research Centre, the Statistical Office of the Union (Eurostat), the European Chemicals Agency, the European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency and th…
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+ Cooperation with the Joint Research Centre shall include in particular the tasks set out in Annex I, Part A.
+ Coordination with Eurostat and the statistical programme of the Union shall follow in particular the guidelines outlined in Annex I, Part B.
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+ Cooperation with the European Chemicals Agency, the European Food Safety Authority and the European Medicines Agency shall relate to the exchange of data and information on chemicals, including the possible establishment of related data formats and controlled vocabularies to facilitate such an excha…
− **1.** The Agency shall actively seek the cooperation of other Community bodies and programmes, and notably the Joint Research Centre, the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) and the Community’s environmental research and development programmes. In particular:(a) cooperation wi…
+ **4.** The cooperation referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall take account, inter alia, of the need to enhance coherence and synergies and to avoid any duplication of effort.
− **4.** The cooperation referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 must in particular take account of the need to avoid any duplication of effort.