http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/08/08/111582/eu-pesticide-ban-your-questions-answered.htmlIt seems the EU want to change chemical licensing away from the actual exposure to residues left on crops/waterways and change it to the properties of the chemicals themselves, regardless of exposure level.
A material safety data sheet specifically stating it doesn't have any of the effects that the EU want to ban for.
http://www.nomixenviro.co.uk/index/msds/amenityglyphosate360.htmlA report into the effects on UK farming
http://deadsmall.com/3TUThe EU, though, have also proposed extra measures that go further, and glyphosate is on the list of possible hazardous materials that should be substituted over the next five year - if the law is approved.
What exactly these will be substituted with hasn't been said 'cos the majority of insecticides/fungicides/herbicides will be banned.
The last .pdf is well worth a read of the conclusions, basically stating that intensive arable farming will be unsustainable, storage of food crops will be prone to mycotoxin contamination or product spoilage, and the EU will be very short of food.
Result!