Regulatory watch

28 June 2019

Reuse of treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation

The Council of the EU adopted on 26 June its position on the draft European regulation and its annexes on the reuse of treated wastewater intended […]
27 June 2019

Publication EU Regulation 2019/1015 – amendments to MRLs

Regulation (EU) 2019/1015 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 has just been published this week. This Regulation amends MRLs for the following residues: aminopyralid, captan, cyazofamide, flutianil, […]
21 June 2019

Publication Regulations (EU) 2019/973 and 2019/977 – Amendments to MRLs

Regulation (EU) No 2019/973 of 13 June 2019 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 as regards maximum residue limits for bispyribac, denatonium […]
21 June 2019

Non-renewal of chlorpropham approval.

  The EU Implementing Regulation No 2019/989 has just been published in the OJEC concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance chlorpropham. Chlorpropham […]
20 June 2019

Summary of SANCO 3030 rev5

SANCO/3030/99 rev.5 “Technical Active Substance and Plant protection products: Guidance for generating and reporting methods of analysis in support of pre- and post-registration data requirements for […]
18 June 2019

DGCCRF: Results of pesticide residue controls in plant commodities in 2017

  DGCCRF just published the results of its monitoring plans for pesticide residues in plant foods in 2017. These plans are used to monitor compliance with […]
14 June 2019

EFSA Technical Report on issues related to the risk assessment of active substances

  On 23 April 2019, EFSA published a technical report following an expert meeting on recurrent problems encountered in the risk assessment of active substances under […]
14 June 2019

New study on microplastics

A brand new study commissioned by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) on microplastics has just been published by the University of Newscastle in Australia. […]
11 June 2019

European bathing water quality in 2018

The European Environment Agency published on 6 June 2019 its report on the quality of European bathing water for the year 2018. This report was prepared […]