OnThursday, 16 July, PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network Europe) became alarmed that a new step towards burying effective measures to protect bees in Europe has emerged with the support of a majority of Member States.
A discussion is on the agenda of the EU’s PAFF Committee meeting (16–17 July) on the future of the 2013 EFSA guidance document on the risk assessment of pesticides on honeybees, bumblebees, and wild bees—highly protective guidelines, which Member States had...