欧盟委员会周三表示，欧盟成员国已推迟就是否续签草甘膦许可证进行投票。 欧盟观察员.
草甘膦的欧盟许可证将于 12 月 15 日到期。
根据 欧盟观察员 article stated, “During Wednesday’s (European Commission) meeting, member states exposed their positions, mainly favoring a 5,7 or 10-year renewal. But it appeared that none of them would gather enough support to be adopted.
An EU source said ‘quite a few’ member states were still in favor of a 10-year renewal – and that ‘phasing out’ was not considered, as that fell under different legislation.”
预计委员会将在 11 月上半月设定新的投票日期。
The Commission’s decision to take no vote followed a move the previous day by the 欧洲议会 通过非约束性文本，呼吁在未来几年逐步淘汰草甘膦，并在 2022 年 12 月 15 日之前实施竞争禁令。
The European Parliament stated in a press release: “The EU risk assessment process before renewing the substance’s licence was mired in controversy, as the 联合国癌症机构 和 欧盟食品安全和化学品机构 就其安全性得出了不同的结论。
Moreover, the release of the so-called ‘Monsanto Papers’, internal documents from the company which owns and produces Roundup, of which glyphosate is the main active substance, shed doubt on the credibility of some studies used in the EU evaluation on glyphosate safety, say MEPs.”