Comitology

Environment Committee backs two MRL challenges

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Updated 29 April   Yesterday,  15 April, the Environment Committee debated two separate challenges to the same MRL measure: Commission Regulation amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for aclonifen, acrinathrin, Bacillus pumilus QST 2808, chlorantraniliprole, ethirimol, lufenuron, … Read more

EP backs challenges to GMOs and active substances

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The record of the EP backing the Environment Committee’s challenges to some active substances and GMOs continues unbroken. On 10 March, the full Parliament backed the Committee  with clear majorities. As they are implementing acts, the Commission will ignore the EP. The constant trends on these file will become interesting when the ordinary legislation come … Read more

Some trends in Environment Committee comitology challenges

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The Environment Committee has debated 45 challenges to secondary legislation. 10 failed. If the Environment Committee backs the challenge, most of the time the full Parliament backs the challenge, usually with clear majorities. The challenges fall into the following categories: GMOs 19, Pesticides 14,  Food 6, Chemicals 5,  Other 2   Some Observations   Looking at … Read more