Press Point - by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), Chair of the PEST Committee, and co-rapporteurs Norbert Lins (EPP, DE) and Bart Staes (Greens/EFA, BE), on “the EU authorisation procedure for pesticides”, Brussels - Main contents
Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
date | May 15, 2018 18:30 |
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city | Brussels, Belgium |
location | József Antall building (JAN) i |
station | EbS |
room | 4Q1 |
attending | (Bart) Staes i, (Eric) Andrieu i, (Norbert) Lins i et al. |
organisation | European Parliament (EP) i |
Press point by Eric ANDRIEU (S&D,FR), Chair of the PEST Committee and by Norbert LINS (EPP,DE) and Bart STAES (Greens/EFA,BE), co-rapporteurs
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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