GLOBAL 2000 and PAN Europe take legal action before EU court
Brussels/Vienna (OTS) – On 26 June 2024, the European Commission rejected the Application by PAN Europe, GLOBAL 2000, ClientEarth, Générations Futures, PAN Germany and PAN Netherlands to review the 10-year re-authorisation of glyphosate. The NGOs plan to challenge the decision in court. In parallel to this legal process, all EU member states are now in the process of making a decision on the re-authorisation of glyphosate-based products at national level. A national ban is certainly feasible with current legislation, according to a report published by PAN Europe. Guideline shows.
The European Commission rejected the formal application for internal review. Despite significant deficiencies in the work of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the Commission refused to review the re-authorisation of glyphosate. In their request for internal review, the NGOs detailed that EFSA and ECHA’s risk assessment of carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, neurotoxicity, endocrine disruption and toxicity to insects and amphibians is flawed. The results of independent scientific studies have been systematically discarded or given much less weight than industry studies, sometimes decades old. In addition, the European Commission has ignored a number of major data gaps identified by EFSA in the authorisation process, which is not in line with Pesticides Regulation (EC) 1107/2009.
“The Commission’s response is unacceptable. People and the environment are exposed to glyphosate on a daily basis. Independent research and data from the pesticide industry itself show that glyphosate pesticides can harm people and the environment. This should lead to a ban on glyphosate under EU law. Yet EFSA, ECHA and the European Commission are still downplaying these risks! We will therefore ask the European Court of Justice to intervene and force the Commission to abide by its own rules,” said PAN Europe and GLOBAL 2000.
Inquiries & Contact:
Selina Englmayer, GLOBAL 2000 Press Officer, +43 699 14 2000 26, selina.englmayer@global2000.at
Dr. Helmut Burtscher-Schaden, GLOBAL 2000 environmental chemist, +43 699 14 2000 34, helmut.burtscher@global2000.at
Dr. Martin Dermine, PAN Europe, +32 486 32 99 92, martin@pan-europe.info (English, French)
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