On 28.08.2020 the European Ombudsman opened a case on Data Protection.
2nd September 2020
European Ombudsman opens case on Data Protection
02September
26th August 2020
SANTE Advisory Group, minutes F2F meeting
26August
DG SANTE published the minutes of the ad hoc meeting of the Advisory Group of 8 May 2020.
5th August 2020
DG SANTE Advisory Group, minutes ad hoc meeting Farm-to-fork
05August
DG SANTE published the minutes of the ad hoc meeting held on 17.06.2020.
17th July 2020
European Ombudsman preliminary findings on pesticide approval decisions
17July
The European Ombudsman published on 22.06.2020 preliminary findings in two cases filed by PAN Europe.
10th July 2020
New Brexit Notice
10July
The Commission published on 25.05.2020 a new Notice to Stakeholders on the impact of Brexit for the approval, authorisation and MRL setting of pesticides.
24th June 2020
AIR 4 applicants Working Document update
24June
On 23.06.2020 a new revision of the AIR4 Working document was uploaded to the Commission website.
30th May 2020
Consultation on Revision Sustainable Use Directive
30May
On 29.05.2020 the Commission opened a public consultation on a roadmap for a revision of the Sustainable Use Directive.
21st May 2020
Published: REFIT report, Farm-to-Fork, SUD-report & Biodiversity strategy
21May
On 20 May 2020 four long-awaited reports were published by the European Commission.
20th May 2020
Copa Cogeca vs. PAN Europe on Commission draft Strategy on biodiversity and pesticides
20May
On 19.05.2020 PAN Europe reacted by open letter to the Commission on a published opinion piece from Copa Cogeca.
21st April 2020
Legal action against non-renewal chlorpyrifos-methyl
21April
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).
8th April 2020
Commission factual summary report on endocrine disruptors
08April
On 07.04.2020 a “Factual Summary Report” appeared in the EurLex website, on the Public Consultation in the context of the Fitness Check of the EU legislation with regard to Endocrine...
6th February 2020
Commission prohibits Romania and Lithuania to repeat neonic emergency authorisations
06February
On 05.02.2020 two Decisions were published in the Official Journal, prohibiting Lithuania and Romania to grant any more emergency authorisations for neonics for specific uses.
31st January 2020
Overview of emergency authorisations of 2019
31January
On 30.01.2020 DG SANTE published a list with all registered emergency authorisations in 2019.
17th January 2020
Consultation on list of banned co-formulants
17January
The Commission opened a Consultation on the draft Regulation defining the first list of unacceptable co-formulants.
13th January 2020
Commission: thiacloprid non-renewal finalised
13January
On 13.01.2020 Commissioner Kyriakides announced that the non-renewal of thiacloprid was adopted by the Commission.
19th December 2019
The Green Deal, Farm to Fork Strategy & pesticides
19December
On 11.12.2019, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the new European Commission, presented the objectives of the “Green Deal”.
18th December 2019
Consultation on adoption dicofol as POP
18December
The Commission opened a consultation on a draft Regulation adding dicofol to the “POP Regulation”
15th December 2019
Commission notifies chlorpyrifos MRL withdrawals
15December
On 12.12.2019 the EU Commission notified to WTO its intention to cancel all chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl MRLs.
6th November 2019
Commission response to “self-regulating PPP industry” question
06November
On 06.11.2019 the European Commission responded to a written question of 18.09.2019 from Irish Europarliamentarian Billy Kelleher.
6th November 2019
EC response on EP question on bee guideline revision
On 06.11.2019 the European Commission responded to a Parliamentary question concerning the revision of the EFSA Bee guidelines and the uniform principles.