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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11420

29 October 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 31
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) biodiversity
PAN Europe complaint against Sulfoxaflor pesticide

Brussels, 28/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - PAN Europe, the European anti-pesticides network, has filed a complaint to the European Court of Justice, asking it to cancel the Sulfoxaflor authorisation.

The organisation criticises the fact that at the end of July, the European Commission authorised this pesticide despite the fact that the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) considers it to be highly toxic to bees. The chemical is similar to the three “neonicotinoids”, pesticides upon which the...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEWS BRIEFS