At the request of several groups - in particular the Greens/EFA - MEPs on the European Parliament's Environment Committee held an exchange of views on Wednesday 25 September on the draft regulation amending the uniform principles for decision-making on acute risks of pesticides to bees.
The Greens/EFA and S&D groups wanted the Commission to explain why it agreed to force EFSA to review its very comprehensive 2013 guidance document and finally propose a regulation representing only a very...