On 14.09.2018 the Commission opened a public consultation on a draft amendment of Regulation 844/2012, the “Renewal Regulation”.
The European Commission has prepared a draft notification to the Rotterdam Convention (a PIC-notification), regarding “final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict” the active...
SAPEA – the Science Advice for Policy by European Academies – published an Evidence Review Report titled “Improving authorisation processes for plant protection products in...
In the May PAFF meeting, a vote on non-renewal of diquat resulted in a blocking minority.
On 05.07.2018 the agenda for the PAFF Legislation meeting of 19-20 July was published.
On 12 July, the Appeal Committee will discuss and vote on the rejected Commission proposals on 4 substances
New Roadmap Endocrine Disruptors
On 21.06.2018 the Commission published a new Roadmap titled “Towards a more comprehensive EU framework on endocrine disruptors”.
On 01.05.2018 the EU uploaded a notificationto the TBT, for a draft proposal (SANTE/11584/2016 rev1) for non-renewal of the approval of flurtamone.
In a Standing Committee meeting on Friday, 27 April, the Commission proposals for further restrictions the use of 3 neonicotinoid substances were adopted. In short, the use of the substances...
A report was published on the “SAM-HLG Stakeholder Meeting “Authorisation processes of plant protection products in Europe“, held on 23 February 2018. The SAM (Scientific Advisory...
PAN Europe published an open letter to Commissioner Andriukaitis of DG SANTE, accusing the Commission of ignoring the Ombudsman’s report on the use of “confirmatory data conditions”...
The Commission opened on 12.04.2018 a Consultation on a proposal for a Regulation on the “Transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment model in the food chain”.
On 10.10.2017, the Commission published a report “On Member State National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides“. This...