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Type of documents
 
Year
 
Topic
 
Official letters
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

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

Factsheets and manuals
05/12/2018
GMOs

Practical guidelines: How to avoid GMOs contaminations - For farmers, food & feed processors

Leaflets
05/06/2019
GMOs

All techniques of genetic modification must be regulated

Organic farming is GMO-free per definition but is endangered by the development of new techniques of genetic modification. If their…
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…
Reports and studies
26/10/2018
GMOs

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

17/04/2018
GMOs

Socio-Economic Impacts of GMOs on European Agriculture

Press releases
07/11/2019
GMOs

Organic food and farming movement asks for immediate action on new genetic engineering techniques

24/07/2019
GMOs

The organic movement calls to maintain and correctly implement the GMO legislation

15/02/2019
Knowledge for organic R&I policy

Sharing knowledge and tools for organic farming - Organic Farm Knowledge platform has new design and content

22/01/2019
Organic regulations Plant health care

IFOAM EU welcomes the agreement on a new Fertiliser Regulation

01/10/2018
Organic regulations

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

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

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

22/01/2017
Knowledge for organic R&I policy

New project launched for organic pig and poultry farmers to find solutions for 100% use of organic and regional feed

11/01/2017
Knowledge for organic R&I policy

Internet of Things gets closer to your plate

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

06/10/2016
GMOs

EU Parliament objects to new GMO authorisations

03/10/2016
Knowledge for organic R&I policy

New platform for farmers to find organic solutions and exchange knowledge launched

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

03/02/2016
GMOs

EU Parliament opposes import of three herbicide-resistant GM crops

BRUSSELS, 3 February 2016 – Today, the European Parliament voted to oppose the import of three genetically modified (GM) soybeans…
14/01/2016
GMOs

The organic sector urges the Commission to classify new genetic engineering techniques as GMOs

Position papers
29/05/2019
GMOs Seeds

Plant Reproductive Material in the new Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848

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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