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Official letters

02/12/2021

Climate change

Joint letter on carbon farming in the "Restoring Sustainable Carbon Cycles" initiative

IFOAM Organics Europe submission to public consultation - Legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques

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

16/05/2017

Climate change

Open letter: EU LULUCF rules will set a precedent

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

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

13/02/2017

GMOs

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

On European standards for natural and organic cosmetics

17/11/2010

Organic regulations

On European standards for natural and organic cosmetics

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

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

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

29/09/2010

Organic regulations

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

On protection of food and farm sector from GMO contamination

09/07/2010

GMOs

On protection of food and farm sector from GMO contamination

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

29/04/2010

Organic regulations

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

Draft Regulation on a Community scheme COM (2008) 401/3

16/10/2008

Organic regulations

Draft Regulation on a Community scheme COM (2008) 401/3

Factsheets and manuals

01/10/2010

Climate change

Organic - part of the solution! Climate change

Leaflets

SOLMACC – Viable climate-friendly farming – Socio-economic strategies

23/10/2017

Climate change Knowledge for organic

SOLMACC – Viable climate-friendly farming – Socio-economic strategies

Institute: Ekologiska Landbrukarna, FiBL , Bioland, AIAb and IFOAM EU – Authors: Sigrid Griese (Bioland), Lin Bautze (FiBL), Ann-Kathrin Trappenberg (IFOAM EU), Stephen Meredith (IFOAM EU), Eric Gall (IFOAM EU) and…

Reports and studies

Towards a just transition of food systems - Challenges and policy levers for France

28/05/2021

Climate change Food policy

Towards a just transition of food systems - Challenges and policy levers for France

IDDRI “Towards a just transition of food systems – Challenges & policy levers for France”. Aubert, Gardin (IDDRI) & Alliot…

Producción ecológica, mitigación del cambio climático y más: Reduciendo el impacto medioambiental de la producción agraria de la UE

18/02/2017

Climate change

Producción ecológica, mitigación del cambio climático y más: Reduciendo el impacto medioambiental de la producción agraria de la UE

Organic food and farming: A system approach to meet the sustainability challenge

18/02/2010

Climate change

Organic food and farming: A system approach to meet the sustainability challenge

Press releases

Organic movement raises red flag on assumed benefits deregulating new genomic techniques

29/04/2021

GMOs

Organic regulations

Library

Joint letter on carbon farming in the "Restoring Sustainable Carbon Cycles" initiative

IFOAM Organics Europe submission to public consultation - Legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques

NGOs response to EU commission's report on new GMOs

Regulation of new genomic technique

Open letter: EU LULUCF rules will set a precedent

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

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

Open letter to the European Commission on agri-business mergers

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

On European standards for natural and organic cosmetics

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

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

On protection of food and farm sector from GMO contamination

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

Draft Regulation on a Community scheme COM (2008) 401/3

Organic - part of the solution! Climate change

SOLMACC – Viable climate-friendly farming – Socio-economic strategies

Towards a just transition of food systems - Challenges and policy levers for France

Producción ecológica, mitigación del cambio climático y más: Reduciendo el impacto medioambiental de la producción agraria de la UE

Organic food and farming: A system approach to meet the sustainability challenge

Organic movement raises red flag on assumed benefits deregulating new genomic techniques

Civil society, farmers and business organizations: Vice-President Timmermans, don't deregulate GM crops & animals

Strong Institutional commitment needed to ensure a good legislative transition

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

Provisional agreement reached - impact on organic operators to be evaluated

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

Organic regulation negotiations, time for a change

Agriculture should play its part to prevent climate change

Member States still reject GMO cultivation

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

IFOAM Organics Europe’s definition of “Organic Supply Chain Integrity”

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

Compatibility of breeding techniques in organic systems

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