EP Press point Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides,, Brussels - Main contents
Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
| date | April 12, 2018 17:41 - 18:00 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Paul-Henri Spaak building (PHS) i  |
| station | EbS |
| room | 3C50 |
| attending | (Eric) Andrieu i et al. |
| organisation | European Parliament (EP) i |
Press point by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), Chair of the Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides, and Bernhard URL, EFSA executive director, on the EU authorisation process for pesticides
Contents
The European Parliament is the EU's law-making body. It is directly elected by EU voters every 5 years.
What does the Parliament do?
The Parliament has 3 main roles:
Legislative
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-Passing EU laws, together with the Council of the EU, based on European Commission proposals