On Wednesday 3 July, the European Commission refused to accept any comments on the vote, which took place the day before in the lower house of the Austrian Parliament, in favour of a ban on glyphosate on its territory.
In the name of the precautionary principle, a majority of MEPs supported an amendment to ban the placing of products containing glyphosate on the market.
In November 2017, the EU renewed the licence for the active substance glyphosate for 5 years, until 15 December 2022,...