Glyphosate’s approval renewed for five years

The EU Member States agreed by a qualified majority to renew the approval of glyphosate for five years. On the 27th of November 2017 the Member States' representatives voted in the appeal committee on the Commission's proposal. 18 Member States voted in favour and nine against the proposal. One Member State abstained from voting. The Commission will adopt the decision before the current authorisation of glyphosate expires on 15 December 2017.

The <link https: ec.europa.eu food sites files plant docs sc_phyto_20171127_pppl_summary.pdf _blank>summary report is available on the European Commission’s website.