– having regard to the results of the 12th Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in particular: the mid-term review of progress in implementing the strategic biodiversity action plan 2011-2020, including the fourth edition of the Global Diversity Outlook, with a view to achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets; and measures to improve implementation,

– having regard to the Commission report of 2 October 2015 entitled ‘The mid-term review of the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020’ (COM(2015)0478),

1. Considers it regrettable that the mid-term review of the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (Sixth EAP) has been delayed by almost a year and deplores the fact that, on the whole, the European Union is not on schedule with the implementation of the measures planned in the Action Programme, contrary to what the Commission claims in its own mid-term review; recalls that, unlike its predecessor, the Sixth EAP was adopted under the codecision procedure, pursuant to Article 251 of the EC Treaty; calls for the EU to do everything in its power to attain the objectives agreed in the Sixth EAP, as failure to attain them would damag ...[+++]e the EU's credibility, inter alia in the eyes of members of the public who are concerned about the state of the environment;

We anticipate that the mid-term review will be concluded this spring, and our intention is to include the results of the mid-term review into the third annual report on the action plan for 2013-14.

We just received our mid-term review approval, but already we are preparing for renewal in 2011, which we must provide by 2010.

Again, we had mid-term reviews and reporting; and we spent a lot of time doing reporting and writing proposals, instead of doing the research.