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Hardly, similar emergency authorizations have been applied in other EU countries, in actuality these exemptions were applied last year and the UK is late in doing this... Not sure how the EU really comes into this at all.

https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/pesticides-efsa-examine-e...

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It comes in because the subheading and first paragraph are carefully written to capture brexit-inflamed eyeballs.

They do later tell you "11 countries to allow emergency use of the product" and "The UK ... joined EU countries including Belgium, Denmark and Spain in signing emergency authorisations", but easy to miss on the first skim.

That doesn't of course imply that it's a great idea. A 25% decline in £18m worth of sugar doesn't really sound like a big enough deal, but maybe localized short-term use of chemical weapons also isn't such a big deal, I don't know?

It's not quite the same to lift the ban entirely (UK) than to give individual, temporary exemptions to farmers that have difficulties for whatever reason.

edit:Welp, I can't read. Seems it's also temporary emergency use.

The article clearly describes it as being an emergency authorization just like in other countries?

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