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French Constitutional Council ratifies pesticides export ban

The Constitutional Council of France on January 31 ratified the legal veto on the production, storage, circulation and export of products containing active substances that have not been approved by the European Union (EU). The ruling resulted…

European Commission bans Romania and Lithuania from using bee-killing pesticides

The European Commission (EC) adopted on Monday, February 3, two decisions that prohibit Romania and Lithuania from allowing their farmers to use pesticides that are harmful to bees. The EC’s decision came two weeks after Romania’s Agriculture…

Luxembourg, the first EU country to ban glyphosate

The pesticide glyphosate, which is suspected of causing cancer, will begin to be partially banned in Luxembourg next February, a ban that will be completed by the end of the year and will make the country the first in the European Union (EU)…

Despite plans to ban glyphosate, its sales in France increase by 10%

Despite France’s campaign against glyphosate and a plan to ban it in a majority of agricultural practices by the end of 2020, the sale of the world’s most commonly used weedkiller in the country soared by 10% in 2018. Furthermore, the…

Non - renewal of of the approval of the active substance chlorpyrifos-methyl

Title of document Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance chlorpyrifos-methyl, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council…

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance thiacloprid

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance thiacloprid, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of…

France bans flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor as they harm bees

Two pesticides with the same mode of action as neonicotinoids, causing harm to bees, are now prohibited, according to a decree published this Tuesday, December 31, 2019, in the Official Journal. The two substances, flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor,…

EU: Croatian Council Presidency agricultural priorities

On 1 January, Croatia took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. Croatia will hold the presidency for six months and during this time will lead the activities of the Council. Croatia has built its presidency programme…

EU ban chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl

What are chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl? Chlorpyrifos (sometimes referred to as chlorpyrifos-ethyl) and chlorpyrifos-methyl are insecticides used to control insect pests on a range of crops. Chlorpyrifos-methyl is also used to treat…