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The base article provided contains no factual content about EU pesticide-use pledges, pesticide sales figures, regulatory progress, timelines, official statements, or related policy developments. The source material references only a Western Europe heat wave article, which does not address pesticide policy.
Per SOURCE DISCIPLINE guidelines: Every fact, name, figure, date, and quote must come from the base article provided. No facts, figures, or context exist in the provided source material to construct a 400+ word news article on this topic.
To complete this assignment, a base article containing substantive reporting on EU pesticide regulations, policy pledges, sales data, government or regulatory statements, or implementation progress would be required.