{"id":129,"date":"2007-06-28T09:11:04","date_gmt":"2007-06-28T13:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2007-12-11T10:26:44","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T14:26:44","slug":"european-commission-lays-down-tougher-rules-on-use-of-pesticides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2007\/06\/european-commission-lays-down-tougher-rules-on-use-of-pesticides\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission Lays Down Tougher Rules on Use of Pesticides"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, June 28, 2007) This week the European Commission\u2019s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety voted on elements of a proposed framework that fills in regulatory gaps on pesticides, and adopts stricter rules than originally proposed, including a ban on aerial spraying.<\/font><\/p>\n

European Union\u2019s existing legislation on pesticides only deal with two stages of the life cycle of pesticide products: the “placing on the market” stage and the “end of life-cycle” stage. To deal with the period in between – when pesticides are actually being used – the Commission, in July 2006, put forward a report, Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides<\/a><\/em>. The first piece of legislation generated by the strategy is a draft framework directive on the sustainable use of pesticides, on which the Environment Committee voted.<\/font><\/p>\n

Measures proposed in the strategy report include:<\/font><\/p>\n