SECTORAL POLICIES / Biodiversity

Pesticides and bees, experts from Twenty-Eight approved modification of uniform principles for risk assessment

Brussels, 18/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday, 17 July, experts from EU Member States approved the European Commission’s proposal aiming to modify the uniform principles pertaining to the pharmaceutical product risk assessment for bees. These are the criteria that Member States must apply when evaluating dossiers for the approval of active substances and for the authorisation of plant protection products.

The green light was given by a qualified majority in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food, and Feed (PAFF...