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(42) Article 192(3), first subparagraph, TFEU provides that it is for the European Parliament and the Council, in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, to adopt general action programmes setting out priority objectives to be attained in the field of Union policy on the environment. As the Commission Communication on the European Green Deal contains a roadmap of key actions relevant for the field of environment and climate in the coming years, exceptionally this Decision does not define actions for the attainment of its priority objectives for the period up to 2025. However, there will be a need to do so for the period after the European Green Deal’s key actions are expected to have been put in place by 2024, to ensure that the thematic priority objectives set out in this Decision can be attained and that the 8th EAP continues to set the overarching vision of the Union’s environment policy. This is also necessary in order to respect the prerogatives of the European Parliament and the Council pursuant to Article 192(3), first subparagraph, TFEU, without prejudice to the prerogatives of the Commission pursuant to Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). For that purpose, there should be a mid-term review carried out by the Commission by 31 March 2024, followed, where appropriate, in order to attain the thematic priority objectives, by 31 March 2025, by a legislative proposal adding an annex to this Decision.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.