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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10776

1 February 2013
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) animal health
Bees - prospect of two-year ban on insecticides

Brussels, 31/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 31 January, the European Commission proposed to national experts that the use of three insecticides (neonicotinoids) should be suspended for two years, as they are considered to be highly toxic for bees (see EUROPE 10774). On 16 January this year, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) took the view that the use of these three molecules - thiamethoxam (main Cruiser ingredient), clothianidin and imidacloprid (marketed by the Sygenta and...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION