Several answers from the Commission were uploaded, responding to written questions from MEPs.
Minutes SCoPAFF Legislation May
On 29.07.2020 the minutes of the SCoPAFF Legislation meeting of 18-19 May were published.
EFSA report on bee background mortality
EFSA published on 28.07.2020 a Technical Report on the evidence on bee background mortality.
ECA criticises Commission’s efforts to protect pollinators
On 09.07.2020 the European Court of Auditors published a report on EU action to revert the decline of pollinators.
Agenda SCoPAFF Legislation 16-17 July published
DG Sante published on 2 July the agenda of the SCoPAFF meeting of 16-17 July 2020.
RoQ 15.06.2020
fosetyl ED, cymoxanil consultation, bee mortality, OECD in vitro developmental, glyphosate See for glyphosate: the “Project for the renewal assessment of glyphosate (PRAG)” Charter. This...
RoQ 09.06.2020
fluopyram, SCLPs, copper dihydroxide, critical appraisal forms for ecotox studies, photo transformation compounds, pesticides & Parkinson/leukemia, Spodoptera exigua (SeMNVP), bee mortality, bee...
RoQ 08.06.2020
SCLPs, Bee Guidance, Propiconazole, nitrophenolates
Agenda SCoPAFF Legislation meeting 18-19 May published
On 30.04.2020 DG SANTE published the agenda for the SCoPAFF Legislation meeting of 18-19 May 2020.
EFSA report sulfoxaflor confirmatory data
EFSA published on 30.03.2020 the conclusion on the peer review on confirmatory data on sulfoxaflor.
Third round in bee guidance stakeholder consultation
EFSA announced on 24.03.2020 that a third stakeholder consultation round was initiated.
SCoPAFF Legislation minutes Dec. 2019 published
On 10.03.2020 DG SANTE published the minutes of the SCoPAFF Legislation meeting of 05-06.12.2019.
SCoPAFF Legislation agenda March published
On 09.03.2020 the agenda for the SCoPAFF Legislation meeting of 23-24 March was published on the DG SANTE website.
Pesticides in the EU general budget
On 27.02.2020 the definitive adoption of the European Union’s general budget for the financial year 2020 was published in the Official Journal, containing two pesticide-related projects.
Sulfaxaflor under (bee) attention of risk managers
A new mandate appeared in the EFSA Register of Questions, regarding an updated peer review concerning the risk to bees of sulfoxaflor.
Belgium updates bee guidance
Belgium published an updated version of the national guidance on data requirements and risk assessment for bees.
EFSA Bee Guidance: update on revision
EFSA published on 07.12.2020 the minutes of the 3rd meeting of the PPR Working Group on the revision of the bee guidance document.
France proceeds to ban sulfoxaflor and flupyradifurone
France published on 31.12.2019 a decree that adds sulfoxaflor and flupyradifuronen to the list of neonicotinoid (-like) pesticides.
EU Parliament Resolution Pollinator Initiative
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 18.12.2019, calling upon the Commission to boost the ambitions of the Pollinator Initiative.
Feedback from the SCoPAFF Legislation December meeting
On 10.12.2019 the Swedish delegation to the SCoPAFF meeting of 5-6 December issued its meeting notes. The Swedish representative reports the following: Amendment to the Uniform Principles...