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Official letters
10/11/2022
Plant health care
Joint letter to call on the Parliament and the Council to support the Commission’s proposal on the SUR
29 NGOs, the European organic movement, beekeepers and IBMA (biocontrol manufacturers) call on the Parliament and the Council to support…
03/11/2022
Plant health care
Joint statement from 16 organisations across Europe on the SAIO Regulation regarding PPPs' records to be kept by professional users
We co-signed with 15 NGOs this joint statement regarding the SAIO (Statistics on Agricultural Inputs and Outputs) Regulation (approved by the European Parliament…
04/10/2022
GMOs
European Commission’s biased road to deregulation of new GMOs
Targeted survey is fatally flawed and cannot be used for impact assessment of “new genomic techniques” legislation.
28/02/2022
Plant health care
Joint statement on the revision of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive
February 28, 2022 – We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply concerned about the lack of ambition in the proposal on…
22/10/2021
GMOs
IFOAM Organics Europe submission to public consultation - Legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques
IFOAM Organics Europe would like to take this opportunity to express its concerns with the proposed way forward in the Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) and highlight…
30/03/2021
GMOs
Regulation of new genomic technique
Press releases
06/12/2022
Plant health care
Bold pesticide reduction plan faces attack on Saturday
BRUSSELS, 6 DECEMBER 2022 – EU plans to cut pesticide use and risk by half and protect the most sensitive…
[Save bees & farmers press release] 1 million EU citizens tell EU Commission: end the war against nature
On Friday 25 November, representatives of the European Citizens Initiative Save Bees and Farmers delivered a clear message to Vice-President…
European organic movement stands in solidarity with Ukrainian organic farmers at European Organic Congress
BORDEAUX, FRANCE, 16 JUNE 2022 – Today, ahead of the start of the European Organic Congress 2022, the Ukrainian organic…
Environmental NGOs and organic movement call on Commission to develop a new indicator to measure progress towards the Farm to Fork pesticide reduction target
BRUSSELS, 9 JUNE 2022 – The organisers of the European Citizens’ Initiative Save Bees and Farmers (signed by 1.2 million…
Member States should enhance support for organic farming in CAP Strategic Plans in line with Commission's observations
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, 7 JUNE 2022 – Over the past days, the organic food and farming movement sent letters to national…
20 Years of making Europe more organic
BRUSSELS, 11 MAY 2022 – Today, IFOAM Organics Europe celebrates its 20-years anniversary. Established in 2002 as the united voice…
EU Parliament AGRI Committee supports organic farming in vote on Organic Action Plan report
BRUSSELS, 31 MARCH 2022 – IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes ComAGRI’s vote on the Parliament’s Organic Action Plan (OAP) report. AGRI…
Parliament approves disappointing new CAP – Organic needs environmentally ambitious national CAP Strategic Plans
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, 23 November 2021 – Today, the European Parliament’s Plenary adopted the new CommonAgricultural Policy (CAP) (2023-2027) Regulation with…
Organic movement warns of insufficient ambition in CAP Strategic Plans
Today, the organic food and farming movement published an evaluation of measures and budgets to support organic agriculture in Members…
New report highlights need for increased support to organic farming in future CAP plans to reach EU 25% target
Press release report CAP strategic plans needed support to organic farming in future CAP plans to reach EU 25% target.…
03/02/2016
GMOs
EU Parliament opposes import of three herbicide-resistant GM crops
BRUSSELS, 3 February 2016 – Today, the European Parliament voted to oppose the import of three genetically modified (GM) soybeans…
Position papers
10 priorities for the Farm to Fork INI Report
10 priorities for the Farm to Fork INI Report. As the European Parliament is preparing its reaction (own-initiative report) to…