Regulations

• U.S.EPA to propose limits on rootworm resistant corn hybrids

  Mar. 13, 2015

• U.S. EPA to require herbicide resistant management plans

  Mar. 13, 2015

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  EU Council rules to give Member States GMO authority

  Mar. 4, 2015

• Canada’s “plant breeders’ rights bill” enacted into law

  Mar. 4, 2015

• USDA/APHIS announces withdrawal of 2008 proposed rule for biotechnology regulations

  Mar. 3, 2015

• Brazil Ag Ministry updates earworm control data‏

  Mar. 3, 2015

  # Latin America Focus #
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  US EPA approves emergency use of clothianidin for Florida Citrus

  Feb. 26, 2015

• Brazil's Ibama Abandons Criteria Created in the US to Evaluate Risks of Agrochemicals‏

  Feb. 20, 2015

  # Latin America Focus #

• Insecticide triflumuron is first non-approval from Echa biocides committee

  Feb. 16, 2015

• EU adopted 13 opinions concerning the approval of five biocidal ais

  Feb. 12, 2015

• New norm regulates use of emamectin benzoate in Mato Grosso, Brazil

  Feb. 11, 2015

• Lawsuit: US EPA violated law in approving Dow herbicide

  Feb. 11, 2015

• European Commission publishes public responses to ED consultation

  Feb. 5, 2015

• Phytosanitary emergency is extended in Piauí, Brazil

  Feb. 3, 2015

  # Latin America Focus #

• US EPA proposes framework to prevent corn rootworm resistance

  Feb. 2, 2015

• US EPA announces voluntary cancellation of certain methomyl uses

  Jan. 30, 2015

• EU Court of Justice rejected request for review of MRL rule

  Jan. 29, 2015

• Brazil declares state of emergency in coffee areas‏

  Jan. 28, 2015

  # Latin America Focus #

• Poland became the fifth country to adopt EU seed treatment standard

  Jan. 27, 2015

  # Seed Treatment #
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  EU parliament approves new GM crops planting rules

  Jan. 19, 2015

• California puts limits on chloropicrin used for strawberries

  Jan. 16, 2015

• US EPA drafts new guidance for acute toxicity data on pesticides

  Jan. 13, 2015

• Brazil allows imidacloprid use for some seedlings

  Jan. 13, 2015

  # Latin America Focus #

• France proposed new version of Ecophyto plan to reduce pesticide use

  Jan. 12, 2015

• US EPA begins 19 pesticide registration reviews

  Jan. 12, 2015

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  Sri Lanka bans use and sale of five pesticides

  Jan. 8, 2015

• EU amended the conditions of use of herbicide triclopyr

  Jan. 8, 2015

• Poland amended pesticide registration regulation

  Jan. 7, 2015

• China renews safety certificates for local GMO rice

  Jan. 7, 2015

  # China Special #

• EFSA refuses Bulgaria’s prohibition on GM maize MON 810

  Dec. 31, 2014