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.
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.
HEAL calls on ministers to vote for non-renewal of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl
On 30.10.2019 HEAL addressed a letter to the ministers of Environment, Health and Agriculture of the European Union to vote in favour of non-renewal of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl on 6.12...
PAFF legislation agenda published
On 07.10.2019 the agenda for the SCoPAFF Legislation meeting of 21-22 October was published on the DG SANTE website.
TBT notifications non-renewal chlorpyrifos(-methyl)
On 03.10.2019 the EU notified the intention not to renew the approvals of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl to WTO, TBT.
PAFF Residues agenda published
On 10.09.2019 the agenda for the PAFF Residues meeting of 26-27 September 2019 was published.
EU Parliamentarians push COM on action chlorpyrifos
On 28.08.2019 green MEPs (Verts/ALE) addressed a question to the Commission asking whether chlorpyrifos and its derivates should not be banned by the Union in the light of scientific findings over...
EFSA final publication of chlorpyrifos statements
Following up on the press release on 02.08.2019, EFSA published on 28.8.2019 the final version of the statements on chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl.
EFSA statement chlorpyrifos
On 02.08.2019 EFSA published a statement on chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl.
Danish action on chlorpyrifos
Beginning of August 2019 Danish Food minister Mogens Jensen announced that he wants to ban fruit treated with chlorpyrifos from Danish shelves.
HEAL continues anti-chlorpyrifos campaign
On 03.05.2019 HEAL (Health & Environment Alliance) announced a new step in the anti-chlorpyrifos campaign.
HEAL increases pressure on chlorpyrifos renewal
In a publication on 03.04.2019 HEAL revealed new concerns over chlorpyrifos.
PAFF Residues report 21-22 Feb. 2019 published
On 12.03.2019 the short report of the PAFF Residues meeting of 21-22 February 2019was published on the DG SANTE website.
PAN pressures EP on chlorpyrifos
On 23.11.2018 PAN published an open letter to the European Parliament ENVI Committee.
Extensions for 22 AIR 3 substances
On 21.11.2018 the extension of the approval of 22 substances was published in the Official Journal.
PAN Europe reveals additional chlorpyrifos “scandal”
On 16.11.2018 PAN Europe published a press release, revealing a new “scandal” around chlorpyrifos.
HEAL maintains pressure on chlorpyrifos
On 25.10.2018, the day after the PAFF Legislation meeting, HEAL published an online article criticising the extension of the “brain-harming chlorpyrifos” approval .