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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11517

23 March 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
Committee passes veto motion on renewal of glyphosate authorisation renewal

Brussels, 22/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - It would be irresponsible and unacceptable to extend the authorisation for glyphosate until 2031, as the European Commission is proposing, in the view of the European Parliament's environment committee which is chaired by Giovanni La Via (EPP, Italy).

The MEPs on the committee showed their determination, in Brussels on Tuesday 22 March, to block the path of this Commission proposal for as long as it takes to remove all doubts over the toxicity of the...

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