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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11563

2 June 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
Commission looking for agreement to extend glyphosate authorisation

Brussels, 01/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - Irked that the member states have failed on three occasions to give strong support for its successive proposals on renewing approval of glyphosate (first, for a period of 15 years, then for 10 and finally for 9 years with no restrictions on use) and short of time, the European Commission took the bull by the horns on Wednesday 1 June to make sure that this highly controversial weedkiller - the most widely used in Europe - does not have to be withdrawn...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
NEWS BRIEFS