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, 路透社报道。
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.
欧盟各国政府将在 11 月上半月再次尝试，届时如果再次未能提出明确意见，将由欧盟委员会做出决定。
由于当前批准将于次日到期，因此需要在 12 月 14 日之前做出决定。
上一次草甘膦许可证重新获得批准时，欧盟国家两次未能支持 10 年期限，因此欧盟将其延期了 5 年。