The General Court of the EU has upheld the validity of the restrictions introduced in 2013 at European Union level against three neonicotinoids due to their risks to bees, in a judgment return on Thursday 17 May (joined cases T-429/13, T-451/13 and T-584/13).
In view of the risks identified by the European Food Safety authority (EFSA), the European Commission restricted the use of three substances from the neonicotinoid family with effect from May 2013 – clothianidin, thiamethoxam and...