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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

High number of patent applications for plants and animals

20/12/2017

Seeds

High number of patent applications for plants and animals

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

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

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

Leaflets

All techniques of genetic modification must be regulated

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…

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

EU Food and Farming Policy, and Food Security

01/12/2019

Climate change Food policy Food security

EU Food and Farming Policy, and Food Security

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

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

Climate Change and Land - An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems

08/08/2019

Climate change Soil

Climate Change and Land - An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems

Institute: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Authors: 107 experts from 52 countries

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

Press releases

07/11/2019

GMOs

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

01/10/2019

Seeds

EU Parliament, national governments and civil society organizations against patents on plants and animals

Handover of 25,000 statements to the European Patent Office. 1 October 2019 is the last day for filing statements at…

24/07/2019

GMOs

GMOs Seeds

Library

Common letter to the European Commission on the Organic Regulation 2018/848 and the upcoming Delegated Act on "Organic Heterogeneous Materials"

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

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

High number of patent applications for plants and animals

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

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

All techniques of genetic modification must be regulated

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

EU Food and Farming Policy, and Food Security

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

Climate Change and Land - An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems

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

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

EU Parliament, national governments and civil society organizations against patents on plants and animals

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

IFOAM EU welcomes the new IDDRI study on agroecology and carbon neutrality by 2050

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

Agriculture should play its part to prevent climate change

Member States still reject GMO cultivation

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

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

Co-existence between GM and non-GM crops - Necessary anti-contamination and liability measures