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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11551

14 May 2016
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
Possible re-authorisation of glyphosate without restrictions

Brussels, 13/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission could put a proposal to member state experts that the authorisation of glyphosate be renewed for a period of nine years without any restrictions on its use. Glyphosate is a herbicide which has, for months, been an issue of controversy in the EU, after the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued conflicting opinions.

Worried that a qualified majority of member states...

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