Statement: Glyphosate: Commission proposes the way forward – Statement by Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis

On 1 June 2016, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis made a statement om the Glysophate file.

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