Glyphosate-based pesticides (i.e. formulations containing glyphosate and other chemicals) are used in agriculture and horticulture, primarily to combat weeds that compete with cultivated crops.

Glyphosate is an active substance used for the production of pesticides, which has been authorised in the EU since 2002. It is the most frequently used herbicide worldwide and in the EU, and one of several hundred active substances that have been assessed by Member States and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in recent years.

Use of glyphosate

Plans to boost trust in the EU approval procedure of pesticides, by making it more transparent and accountable, were put forward by Parliament on 16 January 2019.

The European Parliament, on 6 February 2018, set up a special committee on the European Union’s authorization procedure for pesticides (PEST). MEPs want the public to be granted access to the studies used in the procedure to authorize a pesticide, including all the supporting data and information relating to the applications.&nbsp; Parliament is of the opinion that vulnerable groups should be more protected.

#EUelections2019 - Use of pesticides in the EU

Press conference on Sustainable use of pesticides

EP Plenary session - Sustainable use of plant protection products

ENVI AGRI public hearing ' How to make sure that pesticide manufacturers disclose results of toxicity studies '

ENVI Committee on packaging waste and pesticides

Plenary session - Sustainable use of pesticides

Press conference on “the authorisation procedure for pesticides” by PEST Committee at the EP in Strasbourg

EP plenary session - Union's authorization procedure for pesticides

EP plenary session - Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides

PEST Committee Meeting. Vote on the report on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides

EP plenary session - Persistent organic pollutants

Press conference - ' Pesticides: To live without them '

Conference - Pesticide free Towns - European policies, local strategies and future perspectives

Press Conference on EU authorisation of pesticides

Constitutive meeting of the Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides (PEST)

Plenary session Week 24 2017 in Strasbourg - Glyphosate and authorisation procedures

A crop duster applies chemicals to a field of vegetation.

Transformation process of shale gas, chemical conditions and effects.

Sarah WIENER (Greens/EFA, AT), Rapporteur on Sustainable use of pesticides holds a press conference. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Sarah WIENER (Greens/EFA, AT), Rapporteur on Sustainable use of pesticides

MEPs vote on sustainable use of plant protection products - Report: Sarah Wiener (A9-0339/2023). The report by the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee stands up for reducing the use of chemical plant protection products and to make them safer by at least 50%. It would also reduce the use of so-called “more hazardous products” by 65%, compared to the 2013-2017 average.

Voting session: Sustainable use of plant protection products

MEPs debate on the report by the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee to reduce the use of chemical plant protection products and to make them safer by at least 50%; they would also reduce the use of so-called “more hazardous products” by 65%, compared to the 2013-2017 average. Closing statements by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety and by Sarah WIENER (Greens/EFA, AT), Rapporteur.

Sustainable use of plant protection products: closing statements by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety and by Sarah WIENER (Greens/EFA, AT), Rapporteur

MEPs debate on the report by the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee to reduce the use of chemical plant protection products and to make them safer by at least 50%; they would also reduce the use of so-called “more hazardous products” by 65%, compared to the 2013-2017 average.

Sustainable use of plant protection products: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on the report by the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee to reduce the use of chemical plant protection products and to make them safer by at least 50%; they would also reduce the use of so-called “more hazardous products” by 65%, compared to the 2013-2017 average. Opening statements by Sarah WIENER (Greens/EFA, AT), Rapporteur Clara AGUILERA GARCÍA (S&D, ES), Michèle RIVASI (Greens/EFA, FR), Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Sustainable use of plant protection products: opening statements by Sarah WIENER (Greens/EFA, AT), Rapporteur, Clara AGUILERA GARCÍA (S&D, ES), Michèle RIVASI (Greens/EFA, FR), Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

Sarah WIENER (Greens/EFA, AT), rapporteur on Sustainable use of pesticides, gives a press conference after the vote in ENVI Committee meeting. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Sarah WIENER (Greens/EFA, AT), rapporteur on Sustainable use of pesticides

On Tuesday the Environment Committee adopted its position on measures to ensure sustainable pesticides use and reduce the use and risk of all chemical pesticides by at least 50 % by 2030.In the text adopted with 47 votes to 37 and 2 abstentions, MEPs say that by 2030, the EU must reduce the use and risk of chemical plant protection products by at least 50% and the use of so-called "more hazardous products" by 65%, compared to the 2013-2017 average. The Commission proposed a 50% target for both based on the 2015-2017 average. MEPs want each member state to adopt national targets and strategies, based on the substances sold per year, their hazard level and the size of their agricultural area.

Sustainable use of pesticides: extracts from the vote and statement by Sarah WIENER (Greens/EFA, AT), Rapporteur

Signature of Five COD LEX texts by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Jessika ROSWALL, Minister for EU Affairs, on behalf of the Swedish Presidency of the Council: Machinery Products / MFA Moldova / Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures / Tarrif Rate Quotas / Medicinal Products for Human Use

Lex signing ceremony: signature of Five COD LEX texts by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Jessika ROSWALL, Minister for EU Affairs, on behalf of the Swedish Presidency of the Council

This infoclip illustrates the EU Biodiversity Strategy in the franework of the European Green Deal programme: views of the Parc de Sainte Croix, in Rhodes (France), European pond turtles, coypu, brown bears, raccoon, griffon vulture, grey wolf. Views of the Mediterranean coast, views of the countryside; and planting trees initiative.

Infoclip: Green Deal - The EU Biodiversity Strategy

During the plenary session (16-19 December 2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs are expected to push for a further reduction in pesticide use, more funds for research and better monitoring in order to save pollinators such as bees, butterflies and other insects. Statements by Tytti TUPPURAINEN, Finnish Minister for European Affairs, Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Mairead MCGUINNESS (EPP, IE), István UJHELYI (S&D, HU), Pietro FIOCCHI (ECR, PT) and Othmar KARAS (EPP, AT).

EU Pollinators Initiative: extracts from the debate (17/12) and extracts from the vote

During the plenary session (21-24/10/2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on the assessment of the impact of plant protection products on honeybees. The results are: 700 total voters, 533 in favour, 67 against and 100 abstentions. Statement by Christos STYLIANIDES, Member of the EC in charge of Humanitarian Aid and Crisis. llustrative shots

Assessment of the impact of plant protection products on honeybees: extracts from the vote and illustrative shots

During the plenary session (11-14 February 2019) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on a sustainable use of pesticides and vote on the draft report by the EP environment Committee. Statements by Miriam DALLI (S&D, MT), on behalf of Rapporteur Jytte GUTELAND (S&D,SE), Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS, Member of the EC in charge of Health and Food Safety, Karl-Heinz FLORENZ (EPP, DE) and Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR). Illustrative footage on the use of pesticides in agriculture.

Sustainable use of pesticides: extracts from the debate, extracts from the vote and illustrative footage

Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), Chair of the PEST Committee, Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), and Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE), rapporteurs, speak to the press about the authorisation procedure for pesticides, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Press conference by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), Chair of the PEST Committee, Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), and Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE), rapporteurs, on the authorisation procedure for pesticides

During the plenary session (14-17 January 2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on plans to boost trust in the EU approval procedure for pesticides, by making it more transparent and accountable. The report from the special committee on pesticides says that the public should be granted access to the studies used in the authorisation procedure, including all the supporting data and information relating to the applications. Statements of Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), co-Rapporteur, Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE), co-Rapporteur, Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS, Member of the EC in charge of Health and Food Safety, and Frédérique RIES (ALDE, BE)

Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides: extracts from the debate

Vote on the report on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides: extracts from the vote on the report by Norbert LINS (EPP,DE) and Bart STAES (Greens/EFA,BE) EP Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides

Report on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides: extracts from the vote on the report by Norbert LINS (EPP,DE) and Bart STAES (Greens/EFA,BE)

During the plenary session (12-15/11/18) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate (14/11) and vote on persistent organic pollutants. Statements by Julie GIRLING (EPP, UK), Violeta BULC, Member of the EC in charge of Transport, Linnéa ENGSTRÖM (Greens/EFA, SE) and Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR). Illustrative shots of air pollution, women in a park, enjoying a picnic and using single-use plastics, plastic waste items and landfills, farmer working on his field.

Persistent organic pollutants: extracts from the debate (14/11), from the vote and illustrative shots

Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), Chair of the Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides, speak to the press about EU authorisation of pesticides, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Press conference by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), Chair of the PEST Committee on Special committee on pesticides: the next step

Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), Chair of the Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides, and Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS, Member of the EC in charge of Health and Food Safety, speak to the press about EU authorisation of pesticides, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Press conference by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR, Chair of the Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides, and Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS, Member of the EC in charge of Health and Food Safety, on EU authorisation of pesticides

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