European Union governments failed on Friday to give a decisive opinion on a proposal to extend by 10 years EU approval for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller, informa Reuters.
A “qualified majority” of 15 countries representing at least 65% of the bloc’s population had been required either to support or to block the proposal.
The European Commission said in a statement there was no qualified majority either way in a vote by a committee of the EU’s 27 members.
Los gobiernos de la UE volverán a intentarlo en la primera quincena de noviembre, cuando otra falla en producir una opinión clara dejaría la decisión en manos de la Comisión Europea.
Se necesita una decisión antes del 14 de diciembre, ya que la aprobación actual expira al día siguiente.
The previous time glyphosate’s license came up for re-approval, the EU gave it a five-year extension after EU countries twice failed to support a 10-year period.