The General Court published its judgment in the case of Delifruit SA vs. the Commission, on the partial annulment of the Regulation re-setting the MRLs of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl.
PIC Regulation updated
On 20.04.2022 a Commission delegated Regulation was published, updating the PIC Regulation.
Access to Documents
The Access to Documents project (Pesticides & Biocides) published a large number of recently released documents.
RoQ 31.08.2020
6-benzyladenine, chlorpyrifos, chlorpryifos-methyl, clofentezine
Corrigendum chlorpyrifos MRL Regulation
On 30.07.2020 a corrigendum was published for the Regulation amending the MRLs for chlorpyrifos.
MRL Regulation chlorpyrifos & chlorpyrifos-methyl published
On 24.07.2020 a Regulation was published, amending MRLs for chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl.
EP written question chlorpyrifos-methyl
A written question on the use of chlorpyrifos-methyl in citrus production in Spain was published on 21.07.2020
MRL draft Regulation chlorpyrifos enters scrutiny procedure
On 26.06.2020 the European Parliament published the minutes of the plenary meeting of 27.05.2020.
Chlorpyrifos-methyl interim measures rejected
On 09.06.2020 the General Court ruled in Case T-77/20 R on interim measures for the non-renewal of chlorpyrifos-methyl.
HEAL intervenes in chlorpyrifos-methyl case
HEAL (Health and Environment ALliance) announced on 10.06.2020 that filed a request for leave to intervene in a case from Ascenza and Afrasa against the European Commission.
Legal action against non-renewal chlorpyrifos-methyl
On 20.04.2020 an action, brought by Ascienza and Afrasa, against the non-renewal of chlorpyrifos, was published in the Official Journal (C 129/4).
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 Residues report 17-18 Feb. published
On 05.03.2020 DG SANTE published the report of the SCoPAFF Residues meeting of 17-18 February.
Chlorpyrifos non-renewals published
On 13.01.2020 the non-renewal of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl was published in the Official Journal.
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...
Commission notifies chlorpyrifos MRL withdrawals
On 12.12.2019 the EU Commission notified to WTO its intention to cancel all chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl MRLs.
SCoPAFF adopts non-renewal chlorpyrifos & chlorpyrifos-methyl
In the SCoPAFF meeting of 06.12.2019 the Commission proposals for non-renewal of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl were adopted.
SANTE Advisory Group presentations published
On 21.11.2019 the Advisory Group on the Food Chain held a plenary meeting. Presentations from that meeting were published.
EFSA updates Statement on chlorpyrifos-methyl
On 26.11.2019 EFSA published an updated version of the Statement “ on the available outcomes of the human health assessment in the context of the pesticides peer review of the active substance...
SCoPAFF Residues agenda 25-26 November 2019 published
On 07.11.2019 the agenda of the SCoPAFF Residues meeting of 25-26.11.2019 was published.