Suspensions have previously been put in place in France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia, but the EC proposal would have applied across all 27 member states.
However, the EC Proposal would use the "comply or explain" language for most of these provisions, leaving enough discretion to the companies, while introducing necessary improvements.
The EC proposal is to ban the use of three neonicotinoids from use on corn, oil seed rape, sunflowers and other flowering crops across the continent for two years.
The EC proposal was to ban the use of three neonicotinoids from use on corn, oil seed rape, apples, carrots, strawberries and many other flowering crops across the continent for two years, after which the situation would be reviewed.
Ken Cronin, chief executive of UKOOG, the UK's onshore oil and gas trade body, cautiously welcomed the UK government's defeat of the EC proposal: "There are already nine different European directives covering the onshore oil and gas industry, so it appears to be good news that we don't have to comply with a tenth.
While roaming charges for EU travelers were abolished across the bloc last summer, the parliament was concerned that charges for calls and texts between EU Member States is often disproportionately high — hence pushing for the cap, which was not in the original EC proposal.
The EC proposal has also been debated within the CEU during 2013.
fNote that the EC proposal assigns an ILUC factor of zero to all advanced biofuels.
The EC proposal is currently being debated within the European Parliament (EP) and Council of the European Union (CEU).
