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Official letters

05/03/2024

Water

Nature-based water resilience cannot wait

Open letter: Nature-based water resilience cannot wait Brussels, 5 March 2024 Dear European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, We…

EP Resolution on Patents and Plant Breeders Rights

17/12/2015

Seeds

EP Resolution on Patents and Plant Breeders Rights

Glyphosate - Need for a robust and credible scientific assessment of carcinogenicity

29/10/2015

GMOs

Glyphosate - Need for a robust and credible scientific assessment of carcinogenicity

Call for an ambitious reform of the EU seed and Plant Reproductive Material (PRM) marketing law

16/07/2015

Seeds

Call for an ambitious reform of the EU seed and Plant Reproductive Material (PRM) marketing law

Open letter to Commission President Juncker: Keeping your promise to make EU GMO decisions more democratic

08/04/2015

GMOs

Open letter to Commission President Juncker: Keeping your promise to make EU GMO decisions more democratic

Implementation of Ecological Focus Areas and impacts on biodiversity

29/01/2015

Biodiversity CAP

Implementation of Ecological Focus Areas and impacts on biodiversity

Press releases

EU Parliament advances organic plant breeding with new PRM legislation vote

24/04/2024

Seeds

EU Parliament advances organic plant breeding with new PRM legislation vote

BRUSSELS, 24 APRIL 2024 – Today’s vote on the Plant Reproductive Material Regulation (PRM) legislation could contribute to a balanced regulation…

IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes AGRI Committee vote on Plant Reproductive Material

19/03/2024

Seeds

IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes AGRI Committee vote on Plant Reproductive Material

BRUSSELS, 19 MARCH 2024 – The European organic movement considers today’s vote on the Plant Reproductive Material Regulation (PRM) legislation an…

Parliament's vote on Green Claims Directive: IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes efforts to curb greenwashing and the acknowledgement of specific environmental assessment needs for agri-food

12/03/2024

Food policy Labelling

Parliament's vote on Green Claims Directive: IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes efforts to curb greenwashing and the acknowledgement of specific environmental assessment needs for agri-food

BRUSSELS, 12 MARCH 2024 – IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes today’s plenary vote on the directive on green claims. This directive…

Green claims: organic movement applauds renewed recognition of PEF's shortcomings for agrifood

14/02/2024

Food policy Labelling

Green claims: organic movement applauds renewed recognition of PEF's shortcomings for agrifood

BRUSSELS, 14 FEBRUARY 2024 – IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes today’s vote on green claims as it underscores the limitations of…

NGT vote a step backward for biosafety that nonetheless safeguards the possibility for traceability and national “coexistence” measures

07/02/2024

GMOs

NGT vote a step backward for biosafety that nonetheless safeguards the possibility for traceability and national “coexistence” measures

BRUSSELS, 07 FEBRUARY 2024 – Today the European Parliament voted on the legislative proposal on so-called “New Genomic Techniques” (NGTs).…

IFOAM Organics Europe calls on MEPs to postpone plenary vote on NGTs as ENVI Committee vote leaves many issues unsolved

25/01/2024

GMOs

IFOAM Organics Europe calls on MEPs to postpone plenary vote on NGTs as ENVI Committee vote leaves many issues unsolved

BRUSSELS, 24 JANUARY 2024 – Today, the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI Committee) voted on the…

Green Claims: Organics Europe highlights Product Environmental Footprint method's shortcomings for agri-food

23/01/2024

Food policy Labelling

Green Claims: Organics Europe highlights Product Environmental Footprint method's shortcomings for agri-food

BRUSSELS, 23 JANUARY 2024 – As compromise amendment negotiations on the Green Claims Directive proposal are taking place within the…

Council conclusions on EU Biodiversity Strategy need to follow with targeted actions and investment

17/12/2015

Biodiversity CAP

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Nature-based water resilience cannot wait

EP Resolution on Patents and Plant Breeders Rights

Glyphosate - Need for a robust and credible scientific assessment of carcinogenicity

Call for an ambitious reform of the EU seed and Plant Reproductive Material (PRM) marketing law

Open letter to Commission President Juncker: Keeping your promise to make EU GMO decisions more democratic

Implementation of Ecological Focus Areas and impacts on biodiversity

EU Parliament advances organic plant breeding with new PRM legislation vote

IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes AGRI Committee vote on Plant Reproductive Material

Parliament's vote on Green Claims Directive: IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes efforts to curb greenwashing and the acknowledgement of specific environmental assessment needs for agri-food

Green claims: organic movement applauds renewed recognition of PEF's shortcomings for agrifood

NGT vote a step backward for biosafety that nonetheless safeguards the possibility for traceability and national “coexistence” measures

IFOAM Organics Europe calls on MEPs to postpone plenary vote on NGTs as ENVI Committee vote leaves many issues unsolved

Green Claims: Organics Europe highlights Product Environmental Footprint method's shortcomings for agri-food

Council conclusions on EU Biodiversity Strategy need to follow with targeted actions and investment

EU Parliament holds Commission accountable for its promise to make EU GMO authorisation procedure more democratic

Juncker plan could break promise on democratisation of EU GM crop decisions

Organic farmers call for GMO bans

European Parliament to vote on national GMO bans