The decision to renew authorisation of the glyphosate licence for a period of five years in the EU, with no plans for prohibition, was formally adopted on Tuesday 12 December, the day on which the European Commission chose to announce that, in spring 2018, it will propose measures to improve the transparency of studies that form the basis of the risk assessment process of chemicals.
This was the Commission’s response to the European citizens’ initiative (ECI) “Stop Glyphosate”, which...