Monday 29 April 2013

Neonicotinoider - afstemning i EU - opdateret - II

I dag, mandag d. 29. april 2013, skal EU Kommissionen stemme om et forbud af neonicotinoider:
An EU vote last month was inconclusive, so the Commission proposal went to an appeals committee, which is voting on Monday.
Der er stadig tvivl om neonicotinoiderne er skyldige i Colony Collaps Disorder eller om de "blot" forværrer Varroa-angrebene:
Even if neonicotinoids are not directly responsible for colony collapse disorder, they could play a part by making bees more susceptible to the parasitic mite Varroa destructor and the parasitic fungus Nosema apis, both prime suspects
Producenterne bryder sig ikke om et muligt forbud og forsøger med lobbyisme at påvirke beslutningstagerne:
The chemical companies, which make billions from the products, have also lobbied hard, with Syngenta even threatening to sue individual European Union officials involved in publishing a report that found the pesticides posed an unacceptable risk to bees
Det bliver spændende at se, hvad resultatet af afstemningen bliver.

Opdateret: Så er der stemt. 15 lande stemte for et forbud og otte stemte imod. Dermed er forbuddet ikke indført. Kommissionen skal nu finde ud af, om der skal indføres et midlertidigt 2-årigt forbud. 

Opdateret II: Forbudet er blevet besluttet:
Although the vote by the 27 EU member states on whether to suspend the insect nerve agents was supported by 15 nations, but did not reach the required majority under voting rules. The hung vote hands the final decision to the European commission, which will implement the ban.

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