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Year
 
Topic
 
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…
26/02/2024
EU Green Deal Farm to Fork Plant health care

The EU must make pesticide reduction a reality

We, the undersigned 125 organisations, condemn the failure of the European Parliament, Council and Commission to deliver on a crucial…
15/12/2022
GMOs

IFOAM Organics Europe and ENGA letter to COM Kyriakides and Wojciechowski regarding the impact assessment on potential future legislation on “New Genomic Techniques” (NGTs)

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.
17/03/2022
CAP Food policy Food security

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…
07/03/2022
Food policy

Joint open letter on concerns over PEF methodology for agri-food products

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…
06/09/2021
GMOs

NGOs response to EU commission's report on new GMOs

21/06/2021
Biodiversity Plant health care

Beekeeping organisations and civil society concerns on pesticide risk assessment methodology and bees' protection from pesticides

29/04/2021
Biodiversity Soil

IFOAM Organics Europe contribution to the public consultation on new EU Soil Strategy

27/04/2021
Animal welfare Food policy

Ending the use of cages in animal farming

Ending the use of cages in animal farming. “End the cage age” ECI received 1.4 million verified signatures from every…
30/03/2021
GMOs

Regulation of new genomic technique

23/10/2018
GMOs

Open letter to Commissioner Vella and Commissioner Andriukaitis - Position of the European Union during the COP 14 – CP/MOP9 – NP/MOP3 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 2018

16/10/2018
GMOs

A call to protect food systems from genetic extinction technology: The global food and agriculture movement says NO to release of gene drives

09/08/2018
GMOs

Open letter to Commissioner President Juncker - Landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice clarifies that new techniques of genetic engineering fall under EU legislation on GMOs

20/03/2018
GMOs Seeds

Open letter from civil society calling for the Bayer-Monsanto merger to be rejected

12/07/2017
Food policy

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

10/04/2017
GMOs

Open letter to Commission President Juncker - Genetically Modified Organisms and democratic principles

03/04/2017
GMOs

NGOs letter - Objection to the authorisation of GM maize varieties - vote on the 5th April

27/03/2017
GMOs Seeds

Open letter to the European Commission on agri-business mergers

13/02/2017
GMOs

Open letter - Improved EU decision-making in the area of health and consumer protection

05/07/2016
GMOs

Oppose authorisation of three genetically modified (GM) maize for cultivation

16/03/2016
GMOs

New techniques of genetic engineering: Why EU GMO law must be fully applied to the so-called ‘New Plant Breeding Techniques’

24/02/2016
GMOs

Open letter on new invasive species in Spain that can outcross with genetically modified maize

19/11/2015
Organic regulations

On organic aquaculture - Use of non-organic juvenils on Organic Production

18/11/2015
Organic regulations

On the upcoming Trilogue Negotiations on the New Organic Regulation

29/10/2015
GMOs

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

08/04/2015
GMOs

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

29/01/2015
Biodiversity CAP

Implementation of Ecological Focus Areas and impacts on biodiversity

11/12/2013
Biodiversity Seeds

Parliament must stand up for S&PRM law that favours diversity

04/11/2013
GMOs

On the Environment Committee vote on the ammendments on Tuesday 11 November on national bans on genetically modified crops cultivation

31/10/2013
GMOs Seeds

On college debate on 6 November on genetically modified maize

17/11/2010
Organic regulations

On European standards for natural and organic cosmetics

17/11/2010
Organic regulations

On processing – Annexes VIII and IX of Reg. (EC) No 889/2008 ‐ the first areas to be discussed by the expert group

29/09/2010
Organic regulations

On re-examination of nitrite/nitrate, SO2 and HCl

09/07/2010
GMOs

On protection of food and farm sector from GMO contamination

18/06/2010
Biodiversity

On stakeholder consultation – post-2010 biodiversity strategy

29/04/2010
Organic regulations

On Committee vote on regulation on novel foods – 4th May

15/03/2010
Food policy

On the draft report on the provision of food information to consumers (COM(2008)0040 – C6‐0052/2008 – 2008/0028(COD))

22/12/2009
Food policy

On the issue of green public procurement

13/11/2009
Food policy

On labelling of origin article 24 EC Reg. 834/2007

12/11/2009
Food policy

On labelling of origin

08/05/2009
Food policy

On labelling of origin article 24 (1) EC Reg. 834/2007

Press releases
17/04/2024
25% organic target Farm to Fork

OrganicAdviceNetwork project kick-off marks the beginning of the first European network of organic advisors

In April 2024, the OrganicAdviceNetwork project, funded by the EuropeanCommission and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research andInnovation, brought…
15/03/2024
CAP Farm to Fork

IFOAM Organics Europe regrets a CAP simplification without vision 

BRUSSELS, 15 MARCH 2024 – IFOAM Organics Europe warns that the CAP simplification proposal presented today by the Commission is…
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…
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…
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).…
01/02/2024
EU Green Deal Farm to Fork

Organic farmers call for fair prices and recognition of public goods delivery

BRUSSELS, 1 FEBRUARY 2024 – As thousands of organic farmers have joined protests across Europe, the organic food and farming…
25/01/2024
EU Green Deal Farm to Fork

IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture

BRUSSELS, 25 JANUARY 2024 – On the occasion of the launch of the strategic dialogue on the future of agriculture,…
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