While EU legislation aims to reduce the use of chemical pesticides and the risks associated with their use, the efforts made by the Commission and Member States are insufficient to achieve this goal, according to a report by the Court of Auditors published on Wednesday 5 February.
The audit objective was to assess the adequacy of EU action to implement the 2009 EU Directive on the sustainable use of pesticides (2009/128/EC), which aims to protect public health and the environment through the...