The Luxembourg Ministry of Agriculture announced in a press release on Thursday 16 January that it would ban glyphosate permanently by the end of 2020.
The ban will take place in three phases: - a withdrawal of the authorisation for market launch of plant protection products containing the active substance glyphosate from 1 February; - a stock clearance period until 30 June; - a grace period for the use of these products until 31 December 2020.
Farmers who stop using glyphosate beginning in...