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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12172

16 January 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 28
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
Pesticides, requirement for independence of authorisation procedure in EU justified by new Greens/EFA study
Brussels, 15/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament on Tuesday, 15 January in Strasbourg published a report detailing the extent of plagiarism by Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), which was the rapporteur Member State for the re-evaluation of the risks of glyphosate in the EU – a plagiarism of pesticide industry studies at over 50%. 

This report, commissioned by two Austrian experts – Stefan Weber and Helmut Burtscher-Schaden – was published on the eve of the...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: British MEPs strongly reject agreement negotiated by Mrs May on orderly exit of United Kingdom from EU
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament's main political forces do not, on conditions, oppose extension of Brexit negotiations
EP2019: Party of European Socialists to adopt its election manifesto on 23 February in Madrid
POLAND: European regions and cities in mourning after assassination of Paweł Adamowicz
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
RO2019EU: MEPs are concerned about situation of rule of law in Romania
MIGRATION: European Parliament and Commission once again urge EU Council to make progress on reform of asylum system
TRADE: broad parliamentary support for interinstitutional agreement on safeguard measures
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt their position on use of vehicles hired without drivers at first reading
EMU: Monetary union a 'policy of peace by other means', says Mr Juncker
TAXATION: MEPs strongly oppose gender bias in EU tax policies
CUSTOMS: European Parliament gives green light to Customs programme for 2021-2027
EIB: European Parliament approves UK withdrawal from EU Bank capital
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence – European Parliament calls for a ‘strategy’ on data
KYRGYZSTAN: European Parliament supports conclusion of ambitious bilateral agreement
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European parliament calls for more to be done to protect freedom of religion or belief
ENERGY: European Parliament validates continuation of funding from 2021 to 2027 for ITER
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: pesticides, requirement for independence of authorisation procedure in EU justified by new Greens/EFA study
FOOD SAFETY: Chemical hazards, Court of Auditors points to insufficient national controls and an overstretched EFSA
FOOD SAFETY: reform of EU law for more transparent EFSA assessments, launch of European Parliament/Council negotiations
AGRICULTURE: Commission call for proposals launched on programmes to promote agricultural products
SPACE: post-2020 space programme, co-legislators start negotiations
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: Commission relaunches debate on a gradual lifting of unanimity lock on tax issues
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: EU in trade deficit in 2018, according to Eurostat
RUSSIA: ALDE group in European Parliament denounces murder and imprisonment of members of LGBT community
EL SALVADOR: EU to observe presidential elections on 3 February
SOCIAL: European Labour Authority, European Parliament and Council make progress on the issue of scope
TRANSPORT: European Road Transport Union welcomes European Parliament vote on mobility package I
TRANSPORT: several organisations active in maritime transport react to European Parliament vote on maritime single window environment