The European Commission has planned to ‘renew the approval of glyphosate’, the active ingredient in the popular herbicides for a period of 10 years, in accordance with EU legislation and in the absence of the required majority among member states. Regardless of concerns about the herbicide’s potential link to cancer, the decision is subject to […]
• Glyphosate has been the most commonly used herbicide in the EU and around the world for several decades. • In order to extend the approval period for the active substance glyphosate, the European Commission amended regulation No. 540/2011 on 2 December 2022. • To assess renewal of approval procedure for glyphosate, EU created an […]