Most of the EU agriculture ministers were very critical of the proposed regulation on the sustainable use of pesticides.
The ministers expressed their concern about the EU-wide targets to reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides and the use of the most hazardous pesticides by 50% by 2030 (see EUROPE B12977A16).
Almost all of them criticised the text’s provisions for a ban on the use of all pesticides in sensitive areas (and within a 3-metre radius of such areas), such as public parks...