Statement following EP's vote regarding Commission's proposal for identification of the criteria defining endocrine disruptors in the area of plant protection products (PPPs)
Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 4 oktober 2017.
Commissioner Andriukaitis regrets today's vote in the European Parliament. He strongly believes that in this case no deal is a bad deal for EU i citizens. The Parliament decided to stop the adoption of scientific criteria which would have ensured better protection of human health and the environment as well as served as a stepping stone to a wider strategy on endocrine disruptors.
Today's vote means that the scientific criteria put forward by the Commissionthat had been supported by Member States in early July after months of thorough discussions cannot be adopted.
The Commission will now need to reflect on next steps to take.
STATEMENT/17/3710
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