The draft Commission regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 546/2011 as regards the assessment of the impact of plant protection products on honeybees

Reference B9-0149/2019Committee ENVIClimate and environment Food and agriculture

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The Left38

33005100%

S&D154

14334495%

Greens/EFA74

The European Parliament adopted by 533 votes to 67, with 100 abstentions, a resolution objecting to the draft Commission regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 546/2011 as regards the assessment of the impact of plant protection products on honeybees.The objective of the European Commission's draft proposal was to introduce into European law the 2013 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) guidelines to reduce the use of pesticides harmful to bees. In 2013, EFSA updated the risk assessment methodology accordingly, inter alia taking into account chronic effects on bees as well as adverse effects on bumblebees and solitary bees.Parliament considered it unacceptable that Member States oppose the full implementation of the 2013 EFSA bee guidance…