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Renewal of approval of the active substance Verticillium albo-atrum strain WCS850 as a low-risk substance

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1675 of 4 October 2019 renewing the approval of the active substance Verticillium albo-atrum strain WCS850 as a low-risk substance in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European…

EFSA: Risk mitigation measures on cypermethrin

In August 2018, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance cypermethrin on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of cypermethrin…

Dangerous pesticides ban ‘in progress’ in Thailand: Agriculture Minister

Uncertainty remains in Thailand whether or not to ban Paraquat, Glyphosate, and Chlorpyrifos which are used as pesticides, leading an ad-hoc committee on the regulation of chemical substances in the industrial sector to request clarification…

The New Government's Vision for Agriculture Transformation in India

To meet the challenge of sustainably feeding 9 billion people by 2050, the agricultural sector will need to undergo major transformation. More nutritious food will need to be produced using fewer resources, bringing greater benefits to farmers…

Non- renewal of approval of the active substance methiocarb

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1606 of 27 September 2019 concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance methiocarb, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council…

Extension of the approval periods of the active substances amidosulfuron, beta-cyfluthrin, bifenox, chlorotoluron, clofentezine, clomazone, cypermethrin, daminozide, deltamethrin, dicamba, difenoconazole, diflubenzuron, diflufenican, fenoxaprop-P, fenpropidin, fludioxonil, flufenacet, fosthiazate, indoxacarb, lenacil, MCPA, MCPB, nicosulfuron, picloram, prosulfocarb, pyriproxyfen, thiophanate-methyl, triflusulfuron and tritosulfuron

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1589 of 26 September 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances amidosulfuron, beta-cyfluthrin, bifenox, chlorotoluron,…

Bees and pesticides: second consultation begins on guidance review

EFSA is carrying out a second stakeholder consultation in support of the review of its guidance on pesticides and bees. The dedicated stakeholder consultation group has been asked to comment on the protocol that EFSA will use to collect and…

Luxembourg will ban glyphosate from 2021

In two years time, the herbicide glyphosate will be banned in Luxembourg. Last month, the agricultural syndicate Lëtzebuerger Bauereverband criticised the decision, and the fact that farmers had not been consulted. Even today, farmers…

First global case of new cassava disease confirmed in Brazil

The first global case of wire-burning disease in cassava was registered by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) in Brazil. Molecular and biological analyses identified the fungus, Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA, which attacks…