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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11506

8 March 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
Glyphosate discussions to continue on Tuesday

Brussels, 07/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - Uncertainty is strong and pressure on the European Commission was at its height on Monday 7 March as member state representatives were in discussion with the Commission on the latter's proposal that authorisation be renewed for glyphosate, the world's most used herbicide which had been classed by the WHO as a “probable carcinogen” though the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that it was “probably not”.

According to a source close...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
EXTERNAL ACTION
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
ECONOMY - FINANCE
SECTORAL POLICIES
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
NEWS BRIEFS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT