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
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

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