Martin wrote:

lifting the ban (just for 18 months) failed to get
a qualified majority of EU states:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-he...e-idUSKCN0YS0Y
06 June 2016

The URL doesn't work

Sorry, should be
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-eu-glyphosate-idUSKCN0YS0Y0

"The EU executive had offered a 12- to 18-month extension to allow time
for further scientific study by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), in
hopes of allaying health concerns. Its earlier proposal to renew the
glyphosate license for up to 15 years had failed to win support in two
meetings this year.

The compromise proposal failed to win the qualified majority needed for
adoption, an EU official said, adding the European Commission will discuss
the issue at a meeting on Tuesday."


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Timothy Murphy
gayleard /at/ eircom.net
School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin