Brussels, 22/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - As member state experts have failed to take a stance either for or against the European Commission's proposal aimed at a two-year ban on the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides that are harmful to bees, the European Commission has referred the matter to the Appeal Committee (see EUROPE 10809).
PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network) lost no time in welcoming the Commission's decision to “maintain its proposal as it is and not to water it down under...