PEST mission to Dijon and Lyon - Main contents
| date | September 19, 2018 08:30 |
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| city | Lyon, France |
| attending | (Miroslav) Mikolášik i, (Bart) Staes i, (Michèle) Rivasi i, A.A.H. (Anja) Hazekamp i, (Sylvie) Guillaume i, (Eric) Andrieu i, (Mireille) D'Ornano i, (Arne) Gericke i, (Piernicola) Pedicini i, (Angélique) Delahaye i et al. |
| organisation | Committee on EU authorisation procedure for pesticides (PEST) i |
Members of the PEST Committee will visit the Domaine d’Époisses (Bretenière) - National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in Dijon and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon from 19 to 20 September 2018.
The delegation will be composed of Mr Eric Andrieu (S&D, Chair and Head of delegation), Mr Miroslav Mikolášik (EPP), Ms Angélique Delahaye (EPP), Mr Arne Gericke (ECR), Ms Anja Hazekamp (GUE/NGL), Mr Bart Staes (Greens/EFA) and Mr Piernicola Pedicini (EFDD). Additionally, Ms Sylvie Guillaume (S&D), Ms Michèle Rivasi (Greens/EFA) and Ms Mireille d'Ornano (EFDD) will take part in the mission as local Member of the European Parliament.
Location: Dijon, Lyon
Last updated: 18-09-2018
The Special Committee on EU authorisation procedure for pesticdes (PEST) has the responsibility of investigating how pesticides are admitted to the European market.
The special committee is a response to concerns raised about the risk posed by the herbicide substance glyphosate. The herbicide had its marketing licence renewed by EU member states for five years in November 2017.