The NGO PAN Europe said on Monday 12 September that the Opinion of the Advocate General on 8 September regarding Belgium’s use of the urgency procedure (Article 53 of the Pesticides Regulation) to derogate from the ban on the use of certain neonicotinoid pesticides banned in the EU bodes well, if the Court of Justice follows the Advocate General.
“This could drastically reduce the possibilities of derogations for Member States and protect the health of citizens as well as the...