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EU indecisive over GM crop approvals

More EU decisions on approving products derived from genetically modified crops have been delayed following the inability of member states to return the required qualified majority votes. The latest round affects three applications for GM maize,…

EU Commission plans end to outdoor uses of bifenthrin

The European Commission has drafted proposals to ban outdoor agrochemical uses of the insecticide/acaricide, bifenthrin, and to restrict its use to permanent greenhouses. In a notification to the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade,…

Glyphosate - State of play in the European Union

The renewal of glyphosate remains one of the most controversial issues in the EU at the moment. cqualified majority among the Member States to support it. As a compromise, the Commission presented a proposal for a 10 year renewal period instead…

EU open to ‘biodiversity clause’ to end glyphosate deadlock

The European Commission stands ready to insert a clause referring to biodiversity in the glyphosate renewal proposal if it is requested by member states, EURACTIV.com reports. The glyphosate debate heated up in September when French Environment…

EU dismisses claims of industry influence on glyphosate

The European Commission has dismissed claims of undue industry influence on its proposal to renew the EU approval of the herbicide, glyphosate. Environmentalist group Greenpeace quoted media reports that sections of the European Food Safety…

New EU rodenticide approval approach in force

A new approach for approving anti-coagulant rodenticide products for non-crop use in the EU will come into force on September 29th. It takes the form of a European Commission decision “addressing questions” regarding the comparative assessments…

Glyphosate: Mixed reactions to possible EU ten-year approval

There have been mixed reactions to the European Commission’s confirmation that it plans to suggest a ten-year renewal period for the glyphosate herbicide, with farmers calling for a full 15-year approval and some Members of the European Parliament…

EU updates list of biocide ais in review

The European Commission has issued an updated list of active ingredients that are still going through the EU review of existing biocides, which includes non-crop pesticides. The update applies to a list dating from 2014. It removes ais that…
Biocide ais

EU to set new approval criteria for low-risk pesticides in a bid to boost approvals of biological and naturally occurring pesticides.

The European Commission is to clarify and extend the scope of active ingredients that may be considered as “low-risk” substances, in a bid to boost approvals of biological and naturally occurring pesticides. Micro-organisms, baculoviruses…