Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3), and (4)(c): Maximum residue levels for certain substances, including flonicamid

Reference B9-0222/2021Committee ENVIFood and agriculture Consumer protection

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The Left39

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S&D146

13068290%

Greens/EFA73

720

The European Parliament adopted by 366 votes to 305, with 27 abstentions, a resolution objecting to the draft Commission regulation amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for acequinocyl, acibenzolar-S-methyl, Bacillus subtilis strain IAB/BS03, emamectin, flonicamid, flutolanil, fosetyl, imazamox and oxathiapiprolin in or on certain products.To recall, flonicamid is a selective, systemic insecticide that acts by disrupting insect feeding, movement, and other behaviours, resulting in starvation and dehydration followed by death. The approval period of flonicamid as an active substance has been extended by Commission Implementing…