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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13098

13 January 2023
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
Pesticides banned in EU, Member States continue to abuse emergency derogations, says PAN Europe
Brussels, 12/01/2023 (Agence Europe)

Many EU countries continue to allow the use of pesticides banned in the EU through the widespread abuse of emergency derogations, according to a report published on Thursday 12 January by the NGO PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network Europe).

Of the 24 banned pesticide substances investigated between 2019 and 2022, 236 emergency authorisations were granted for 14 substances. Pesticides that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, genotoxic, have a strong negative impact on the environment and are...

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