Briefings
April 1, 2004
The pesticides authorization process has been harmonised at the European level through the Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the marke...
March 1, 2004
The Pesticide Action Network Europe welcomes the EU Commission's initiative to harmonise maximum residue limits (MRLs). PAN Europe welcomes a limit of 0.01 mg/kg being set for pesticides which are non...
January 1, 2004
This position paper deals with the role of public interest groups in the process of the evaluating and authorizing pesticides and with PAN Europe’s demands on the pesticide registration process in the...
November 1, 2002
The environmental, consumer, farmer and public health groups signed below welcome the initiative of the Commission in general, but believe that the Commission’s approach falls short of the legislative...
September 1, 2002
The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) take the opportunity to comment on the Commission Communication “Towards a Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Us...
April 1, 2001
The pesticides authorization process has been harmonised at the European level through the Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the marke...
October 1, 2000
The Pesticides Action Network Europe (PAN Europe), the European umbrella organisation of NGOs working on pesticides issues, applauds the setting of standards by the European supermarkets joined in EUR...
October 1, 2000
Establishment of national PPP use reduction programmes within three years:Baseline year selected so as not to penalize those countries that have already achieved significant (at least 50%) pesticide u...
October 1, 2000
In recent years there has been much concern about the many pesticides now suspected of being endocrine disrupters, chemicals that can cause effects such as an increase in birth defects and reproductiv...
July 1, 2000
Esfenvalerate is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide. It is widely authorised for use under national legislation across Europe in agriculture, horticulture and forestry.In 1996, the Portuguese authorit...