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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…
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…
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…
31/08/2023
GMOs

Official letter re 5 September AGRIFISH Informal Council on “New technologies for more sustainable and resilient agriculture”

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…
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…
22/05/2023
GMOs

Joint letter to VP Timmermans: 340 NGOs call for evidence-based decision making for sustainable food systems and nature

09/03/2023
Climate change GMOs

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

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.
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

30/03/2021
GMOs

Regulation of new genomic technique

17/11/2020
EU Green Deal Farm to Fork

Representation of peasant, agroecological and organic farmers at Agricultural Outlook conference

01/10/2020
CAP EU Green Deal Farm to Fork

Open letter calling for full alignment of the reformed CAP with the European Green Deal

20/07/2020
CAP EU Green Deal

Request for a meeting re. CAP alignment with the European Green Deal

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"

22/05/2019
GMOs

Open letter to the European Commission - New GMOs and the work programme of the next European Commission

17/05/2019
GMOs

Open letter to Spitzenkandidaten - New GMOs and the work programme of the next European Commission

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

20/12/2017
Seeds

High number of patent applications for plants and animals

12/07/2017
Seeds

Request for prolongation of the temporary experiment set up by Commission implementing Decision 2014/150/EU providing for certain derogations for the marketing of populations of plant species

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

26/04/2016
Seeds

Vote on the McIntyre report in COMAGRI

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

03/02/2016
Seeds

Stop patents on conventionally bred seeds, plants and animals

17/12/2015
Seeds

EP Resolution on Patents and Plant Breeders Rights

29/10/2015
GMOs

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

16/07/2015
Seeds

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

08/04/2015
GMOs

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

05/11/2014
GMOs

DATE vote on new law on national bans on genetically modified crops

01/11/2014
GMOs

On the Environment Committee debate on Wednesday 3 September on the cultivation of genetically modified crops

25/02/2014
GMOs Seeds

Vote on Paulsen report on plant breeding (2012/2099(INI))

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

27/01/2012
GMOs

Open letter about EU’s assessment of GM animals

09/07/2010
GMOs

On protection of food and farm sector from GMO contamination

Reports and studies
10/11/2023
GMOs Seeds

Sustainability in organic breeding. Improving the entire system or adjusting some genes?

Sustainability in organic breeding. Improving the entire system or adjusting some genes? is a briefing providing an overview of the…
23/09/2019
Climate change Fairness & transparency Soil Water

Organic Agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals – Part of the Solution

Institute: EOSTA and Nature & More – Author: Simon de Schaetzen 
26/10/2018
GMOs

Final Report of the Keeping GMOs out of Food project 2014 – August 2018

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