Ministers Without Agreement on Plant Protection Products

Brussels, 19 May - EU's Agriculture Ministers failed to reach political agreement in Brussels on Monday on a new regulation on the placing of plant protection products on the market. Establishing that its compromise proposal does not enjoy sufficient support, the Slovenian presidency only presented the progress report.

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Agriculture Minister Iztok Jarc (right) and Agriculture Ministry State Secretary Branka Tome at a meeting of the EU agriculture ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Agriculture Minister Iztok Jarc (right) and Agriculture Ministry State Secretary Branka Tome at a meeting of the EU agriculture ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Agriculture Minister Iztok Jarc (right) and Agriculture Ministry State Secretary Branka Tome at a meeting of the EU agriculture ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Agriculture Minister Iztok Jarc (right) and Agriculture Ministry State Secretary Branka Tome at a meeting of the EU agriculture ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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