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Year
 
Topic
 
Official letters
06/09/2023
Farm to Fork Food policy

Joint open letter on the need to publish the EU legislative framework for Sustainable Food Systems before the end of this Commission’s mandate

Brussels, 6th September 2023 Dear President von der Leyen, We, the undersigned organisations, and distinguished academics, are writing once again…
09/03/2023
Climate change GMOs

Key issues for the Environment Council meeting on 16 March 2023 - Letter to Environment Minister

29/05/2019
Organic regulations Seeds

Common letter to the European Commission on the Organic Regulation 2018/848 and the upcoming Delegated Act on "Organic Heterogeneous Materials"

08/05/2019
Food policy

Open letter to the lead candidates for the role of European Commission President on a common food policy and a VP responsible for sustainable food systems

07/05/2019
Food policy

Letter from 55 civil society organisations to EU Heads of Government for the nomination of next EU Commissioners

12/07/2017
Food policy

Organic food in green public procurement can drive EU sustainable consumption policy

16/05/2017
Climate change

Open letter: EU LULUCF rules will set a precedent

04/10/2016
Climate change

Open letter to environment ministers on the Effort Sharing and the LULUCF Regulations

13/05/2016
Climate change

Upcoming exchange of views in the Agriculture Council on climate and agriculture (May 17) with particular reference to the forthcoming Effort Sharing Decision and LULUCF proposals

22/04/2016
Climate change

Letter to ensure that the 2030 Effort Sharing Decision, the EU's largest climate instrument, is fit for purpose

22/02/2016
Climate change

Open letter by 76 public health, environmental, civil society, organic farming and animal welfare organisations on the opening of the trilogue negotiations on the National Emissions Ceilings Directive

07/03/2014
Animal welfare

On Commission Communication on sustainable food

Press releases
18/07/2023
EU Organic Awards EU Organic Day

EU Organic Awards - Get to know this year's finalists

BRUSSELS, 18 JULY 2023 – Today, the finalists for the annual EU organic awards have been announced. 24 are shortlisted…
22/03/2023
Food policy Labelling

Green claims: The fight against greenwashing must be based on methodologies promoting the transition towards more sustainable food systems

07/03/2023
About us Events

IFOAM Organics Europe & Diversified Communications partner to support organic market growth

BRUSSELS, 07 MARCH 2023 – We are excited to announce that IFOAM Organics Europe, the European umbrella organisation for organic…
13/02/2023
Agroecology Food policy Labelling

EU organic movement warns against greenwashing

BRUSSELS, 13 FEBRUARY 2023 – IFOAM Organics Europe warns against the misuse of claims, labels, or communication initiatives about food…
25/01/2023
Labelling

La fédération européenne de l’agriculture biologique agit en justice pour défendre des affichages environnementaux fiables sur les produits alimentaires

25/01/2023
Labelling

EU Organic Movement takes legal action to defend reliable environmental labelling of food products

09/12/2019
Agroecology Farm to Fork Food policy

Organic food and farming calls for agroecology to be at the heart of the Farm to Fork Strategy

24/09/2019
Fairness & transparency

Coalition statement on the IMCO vote on UTPs

16/04/2019
Agroecology Climate change

IFOAM EU welcomes the new IDDRI study on agroecology and carbon neutrality by 2050

15/04/2019
Fairness & transparency

Joint press release: Civil society launches a campaign calling on the next Members of the European Parliament to make Europe more sustainable and fair by 2024

10/04/2019
Fairness & transparency

Taxation can be a tool towards true cost accounting according to new study

12/03/2019
Fairness & transparency

Joint press release: An important step closer to a fairer food chain for everyone

22/01/2019
Organic regulations Plant health care

IFOAM EU welcomes the agreement on a new Fertiliser Regulation

22/11/2017
Organic regulations

Strong Institutional commitment needed to ensure a good legislative transition

05/09/2017
Events

Working together towards sustainable farming systems across Europe – 11th European organic congress

29/06/2017
Organic regulations

Provisional agreement reached - impact on organic operators to be evaluated

13/06/2017
Organic regulations

Organic regulation review: no deal is better than a bad deal

08/06/2017
Organic regulations

Organic regulation negotiations, time for a change

26/04/2017
CAP Climate change

Agriculture should play its part to prevent climate change

13/12/2016
Organic regulations

Strong disagreement among EU agriculture ministers on organic regulation review – new start needed

09/12/2016
Organic regulations

Public statement: The organic regulation review has reached a dead end – we need a new start

20/07/2016
CAP Climate change

Effort Sharing Decision - Agriculture should play its part in emissions reduction, says organic farming

BRUSSELS, 20 July 2016 – The organic food and farming movement welcomes the Commission’s proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
04/07/2016
Organic regulations

Organic regulation negotiations, is the end near?

23/05/2016
Organic regulations

Constructive approach needed in the organic regulation negotiations

03/12/2014
Organic regulations

EU Parliament questions legal proposal for a new EU organic regulation

10/09/2014
Organic regulations

8th European Organic Congress: Key EU policy-makers agree: Organic is a key sector to develop in Europe

14/07/2014
Organic regulations

Ministers question organic regulation proposal

06/05/2014
Organic regulations

Organic sector concludes organic regulation proposal is inadequate

17/04/2014
Organic regulations

Controversial Overhaul of EU Organic Regulation Raises Red Flags

26/03/2014
Organic regulations

Information on the EU organic regulation and action plan proposals

24/03/2014
Organic regulations

Towards a new policy framework for organic farming – good aims but many open questions

14/01/2014
Organic regulations

IFOAM EU position on the organic regulation review

Position papers
07/12/2023
Animal welfare

IFOAM Organics Europe’s position paper on animal welfare practices and labelling

Explore our latest position paper outlining the status quo of organic farming’s view on animal welfare and current challenges in…
22/05/2023
Organic regulations

Management of Pesticide Residues in Organic Products

Read this Position Paper in ENGLISH – BULGARIAN In Europe (and worldwide), we currently largely rely on conventional agricultural systems,…
13/02/2023
Agroecology Food systems Labelling

Position Paper - Organic & Regenerative Agriculture

24/01/2023
Organic regulations Plant health care

IFOAM Organics Europe’s recommendations on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR)

Read this Position Paper in ENGLISH – BULGARIAN IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the European Commission’s proposal on the revision of…
20/12/2017
Organic regulations

Position paper on Organic textile: Protecting the integrity of the organic label

22/02/2017
Climate change

IFOAM EU position paper on the Effort Sharing Regulation and Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) regulation

 
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