NRW distances itself from EU pesticide regulation

The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia has reservations about the EU Commission’s proposal to drastically reduce the use of plant protection products. The black-green government’s assessment of the Commission’s work program, which is available to Europe.Table and will be published today, says: „In the proposal for the Plant Protection Products Regulation, which envisages a Europe-wide reduction in the use of plant protection products by 50 percent by 2030, care must be taken to ensure that dependencies in the area of food supply are not increased.“ The state government demands: The proposal’s list of „ecologically sensitive areas“ should be reviewed and the prohibitions revised, taking into account the respective protection goals.