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Type of documents
 
Year
 
Topic
 
Leaflets
14/09/2018
GMOs

Keeping GMOs out of organic - Project presentation August 2018-2020

The project ‘Keeping GMOs out of organic’ was developed in 2018 and revised in August 2018, after the adoption of…
Press releases
28/11/2022
Biodiversity Plant health care

[Save bees & farmers press release] 1 million EU citizens tell EU Commission: end the war against nature

On Friday 25 November, representatives of the European Citizens Initiative Save Bees and Farmers delivered a clear message to Vice-President…
19/12/2018
Fairness & transparency

The organic food and farming movement welcomes the agreement on Unfair Trading Practices – A first step towards protecting the weakest actors in the food chain

01/10/2018
Organic regulations

EU Parliament moves to ban Unfair Trading Practices in the food supply chain

07/09/2018
Fairness & transparency

Joint statement on UTPs ahead of SCA

06/09/2018
Fairness & transparency

The organic food and farming movement supports putting an end to unfair trading practices

25/07/2018
GMOs

IFOAM EU welcomes the European Court of Justice decision that new genetic engineering techniques will be regulated as GMOs

19/04/2018
Organic regulations

European Parliament’s plenary adopts the new EU organic regulation. Implementing and delegated acts require joint efforts

12/04/2018
Fairness & transparency

Key step taken to end human suffering in EU supermarket supply chains

12/04/2018
Fairness & transparency

Unfair Trading Practices: new proposal is a step forward but promoting fairness in the whole chain remains a challenge

18/01/2018
GMOs

European Court of Justice Advocate General misses the opportunity to clarify the legal status of new genetic engineering techniques

15/01/2018
GMOs

The Organic food and farming movement calls for the regulation of new genetic engineering technques as GMOs

22/11/2017
Organic regulations

Strong Institutional commitment needed to ensure a good legislative transition

27/09/2017
GMOs

The Organic movement calls for the regulation of new genetic engineering techniques as GMOs

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

27/03/2017
GMOs

Member States still reject GMO cultivation

27/11/2013
Seeds

Don’t tow corporate line on seed: MEPs must protect public good

03/07/2013
Organic regulations

7th European Organic Congress: Lithuanian EU Presidency – Opportunity to build on the success of organic

06/05/2013
Seeds

Seed legislation must be fit for agro - biodiversity

26/11/2012
Water

EU water blueprint must lead to a "blue" and sustainable CAP

12/07/2012
Seeds

European citizens must stand up for diversity on our plates!

02/07/2012
Organic regulations

IFOAM EU welcomes the Commission’s new head of unit for organic farming and bids farewell and thanks to his predecessor

24/05/2012
Seeds

Der Verlust der Saatgut-Vielfalt muss gestoppt werden

24/05/2012
Seeds

Il faut sans délai stopper le déclin de la biodiversité au sein des semences

24/05/2012
Seeds

Seed diversity decline must urgently be stopped

14/05/2012
Organic regulations

Commission report on Organic Regulation highlights achievements and future opportunities

12/03/2012
Fairness & transparency

The EU Commission’s health and consumers department caves in to farmers and industry lobby request to allow the spread of highly dangerous pest

09/03/2012
GMOs

Council failed to reach improvement for GMO free food and farming

08/02/2012
Organic regulations

El Grupo IFOAM EU se congratula de la aprobación de las normas comunitarias de vino ecológico

08/02/2012
Organic regulations

IFOAM EU welcomes approval of EU organic wine rules

13/07/2010
GMOs

Commission proposals on GMO cultivation bans fail to solve problems of GMO-free food sector

Position papers
06/09/2022
Seeds

Position Paper on the review of EU rules on Plant Reproductive Material

Harnessing the potential of cultivated plant diversity for sustainable agriculture. The organic movement welcomes the plans of the Commission to…
29/09/2018
Fairness & transparency

Position Paper on the Commission’s Proposal for a Directive on Unfair Trading Practices

15/03/2018
Organic regulations

Interpretation Note on the use of lithothamnium in organic processed products

20/12/2017
Organic regulations

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

07/10/2017
GMOs

Compatibility of breeding techniques in organic systems

 
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