The legislative proposal establishing criteria for the identification of endocrine disruptors in pesticides is illegal, according to a study by the European Parliament’s legal service presented to coordinators on 31 August. MEPs are expected, therefore, to call on the Commission to revise the text.
In mid-June, the Commission brought forward a series of criteria that would allow substances that have a harmful effect on the hormonal system – endocrine disruptors – to be identified (and,...