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.
EP written question on emergency MRLs in Spain
On 04.04.2022 MEP Adrián Vázquez Lázara sent a written question to the Commission about the setting of emergency MRLs.
Council proposes POP-listing chlorpyrifos
On 13.04.2021 a Council Decision was published, to submit a proposal for POP-listing of chlorpyrifos to the Stockholm Convention.
SCoPAFF Legislation report 22-23.10.2020
On 04.03.2021 DG SANTE published the short report on the SCoPAFF Legislation meeting of 22-23.10.2020.
Legal action against cancellation chlorpyrifos MRL in bananas
On 14.12.2020 a new legal action was published in the Official Journal, claiming that the cancellation of the MRL for chlorpyrifos for bananas should be annulled.
SCoPAFF Residues 28-29 September report published
On 27.10.2020 the report of the 28-29.09.2020 SCoPAFF Residues meeting was published.
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 on chlorpyrifos procedure
On 30.06.2020 a written question from MEP Martin Häusling (Greens) to the Commission was registered, questioning previous decisions on the approval of chlorpyrifos.
ANSES, France, identifies 32 substances for in-depth evaluation
ANSES published (in french, or click for google-translated english version) the outcome of a national survey of pesticide substances in outdoor air.
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.
EFSA report on chlorpyrifos & permethrin: genotox & leukemia
EFSA published on 21.05.2020 an external Scientific Report on the possible link between permethrin and chlorpyrifos and leukemia
RoQ 27.05.2020
RoQ 15.05.2020
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.