The European Commission is urging EU Member States to vote in favour of increased protection for bees from the highly toxic neonicotinoid pesticide sulfoxaflor.
On Thursday 10 February, it announced that it would soon refer the matter to the Appeal Committee in the hope of finally obtaining the qualified majority required to adopt its proposal to ban the outdoor uses of sulfoxaflor, based on an EFSA assessment (see EUROPE B12618A19). Only the use of sulfoxaflor in permanent greenhouses...