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Official letters
![Serious concerns about the EU Commission proposal on New Genomic Techniques](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/03/comm_website_THUMBNAILS-420x540.png)
19/11/2023
GMOs
Serious concerns about the EU Commission proposal on New Genomic Techniques
The European Commission has launched a proposal for the (de-)regulation of new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or New Genomic Techniques…
![Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 20 November 2023 – Points of reflection on agenda item “Regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed products - state of play](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/03/comm_website_THUMBNAILS-420x540.png)
17/11/2023
GMOs
Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 20 November 2023 – Points of reflection on agenda item “Regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed products - state of play"
To: Agriculture ministers of the European Union Re: Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 20 November 2023 – Points of reflection on…
![Don't delete article 43 - CAP funding for effective pesticide reductions](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/11/comm_website_THUMBNAILS_SUR-420x540.jpg)
Don't delete article 43 - CAP funding for effective pesticide reductions
Public funds need to be used to support farmers in taking the measures needed to effectively reduce pesticides, protect health…
![25 July AGRIFISH Council exchange of views on the Commission’s proposal on NGTs](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/03/comm_website_THUMBNAILS-420x540.png)
20/07/2023
GMOs
25 July AGRIFISH Council exchange of views on the Commission’s proposal on NGTs
Re: 25 July AGRIFISH Council exchange of views on the Commission’s proposal on NGTs Dear Agriculture Minister, On 25 July…
![Nature restoration cannot be postponed](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/03/comm_website_THUMBNAILS-420x540.png)
10/07/2023
Biodiversity
Nature restoration cannot be postponed
Dear Members of the European Parliament, During the plenary votes of 12 July you will decide on the fate of…
![Prevent patented GM seeds in Europe resulting from reform of EU GMO regulation](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/09/comm_website_THUMBNAILS-1-420x540.png)
03/07/2023
GMOs
Prevent patented GM seeds in Europe resulting from reform of EU GMO regulation
We are writing to express our concerns about a possible flood of patented seeds entering the EU market as a…
![An ambitious Nature Restoration Law is needed for resilient and productive farming systems](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/03/comm_website_THUMBNAILS-420x540.png)
12/06/2023
Biodiversity
An ambitious Nature Restoration Law is needed for resilient and productive farming systems
Dear Members and Substitute Members of the Environment Committee, On Thursday 15 June you are invited to vote on the…
![Joint letter to call on the Parliament and the Council to support the Commission’s proposal on the SUR](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/11/comm_website_THUMBNAILS_SUR-420x540.jpg)
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…
![Joint statement from 16 organisations across Europe on the SAIO Regulation regarding PPPs' records to be kept by professional users](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/11/comm_website_THUMBNAILS_PlantHealthCare-420x540.jpg)
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…
![European Commission’s biased road to deregulation of new GMOs](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/03/comm_website_THUMBNAILS-420x540.png)
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.
![Re: EP resolution on food security](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/03/comm_website_THUMBNAILS-420x540.png)
Re: EP resolution on food security
The war against Ukraine raises legitimate concerns over price increases and availability of certain agriculture inputs, namely cereals for animal…
![Joint statement on the revision of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/JointLetter-420x540.png)
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…
Factsheets and manuals
![Global Safety & Risk Assessment Protocol for New Genomic Technologies](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/09/comm_website_THUMBNAILS-1-420x540.png)
19/07/2023
GMOs
Global Safety & Risk Assessment Protocol for New Genomic Technologies
The environmental release and widespread production and consumption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) since the mid-1990s has raised serious ecological,…
![Press briefing: EU’s first legally binding pesticide reduction targets under threat](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/11/comm_website_THUMBNAILS_SUR-420x540.jpg)
06/12/2022
Plant health care
Press briefing: EU’s first legally binding pesticide reduction targets under threat
IFOAM Organics Europe & GLOBAL 2000 press briefing on the background and threats to the EU Sustainable Use of Plant…
![Proposal to develop a new indicator for monitoring the Farm to Fork pesticide reduction target](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/06/comm_website_THUMBNAILS-11-420x540.jpg)
09/06/2022
Plant health care
Proposal to develop a new indicator for monitoring the Farm to Fork pesticide reduction target
IFOAM Organics Europe calls for the European Commission to develop a new indicator for monitoring the Farm to Fork pesticide…