Library Archive - IFOAM Organics Europe

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…

10/07/2023

Biodiversity

Nature restoration cannot be postponed

Dear Members of the European Parliament, During the plenary votes of 12 July you will decide on the fate of…

An ambitious Nature Restoration Law is needed for resilient and productive farming systems

12/06/2023

Biodiversity

An ambitious Nature Restoration Law is needed for resilient and productive farming systems

Dear Members and Substitute Members of the Environment Committee, On Thursday 15 June you are invited to vote on the…

Beekeeping organisations and civil society concerns on pesticide risk assessment methodology and bees' protection from pesticides

21/06/2021

Biodiversity Plant health care

Beekeeping organisations and civil society concerns on pesticide risk assessment methodology and bees' protection from pesticides

29/04/2021

Biodiversity Soil

IFOAM Organics Europe contribution to the public consultation on new EU Soil Strategy

Two months left to transpose the EU Unfair Trading Practices Directive

01/03/2021

Fairness & transparency

Two months left to transpose the EU Unfair Trading Practices Directive

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"

12/04/2018

Fairness & transparency

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

20/03/2018

GMOs Seeds

Open letter from civil society calling for the Bayer-Monsanto merger to be rejected

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

27/03/2017

GMOs Seeds

Open letter to the European Commission on agri-business mergers

26/04/2016

Seeds

Vote on the McIntyre report in COMAGRI

03/02/2016

Seeds

Stop patents on conventionally bred seeds, plants and animals

EP Resolution on Patents and Plant Breeders Rights

17/12/2015

Seeds

EP Resolution on Patents and Plant Breeders Rights

On organic aquaculture - Use of non-organic juvenils on Organic Production

19/11/2015

Organic regulations

On organic aquaculture - Use of non-organic juvenils on Organic Production

18/11/2015

Organic regulations

On the upcoming Trilogue Negotiations on the New Organic Regulation

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

16/07/2015

Seeds

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

22/05/2015

Fairness & transparency

Request to include the Land as a Resource Communication in the 2016 Work Programme of the European Commision

24/02/2015

Fairness & transparency

Petition to the European Parliament 'Preserving and managing European farmland as our common wealth: A CSO Call for a sustainable and fair EU governance of farmland

Implementation of Ecological Focus Areas and impacts on biodiversity

29/01/2015

Biodiversity CAP

Implementation of Ecological Focus Areas and impacts on biodiversity

25/02/2014

GMOs Seeds

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

Parliament must stand up for S&PRM law that favours diversity

11/12/2013

Biodiversity Seeds

Parliament must stand up for S&PRM law that favours diversity

31/10/2013

GMOs Seeds

On college debate on 6 November on genetically modified maize

Concerns about the intention to extend the scope of the Ecolabel to include agricultural food products, processed foods and products from aquaculture To Mr Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment and Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development

27/09/2011

Organic regulations

Concerns about the intention to extend the scope of the Ecolabel to include agricultural food products, processed foods and products from aquaculture To Mr Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment and Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

18/06/2010

Biodiversity

On stakeholder consultation – post-2010 biodiversity strategy

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

Management of pesticide residues in organic products – a follow-up brief

25/06/2024

Organic regulations

Management of pesticide residues in organic products – a follow-up brief

IFOAM Organics Europe published its Position Paper on the Management of Pesticide Residues in Organic Products early summer in 2023.…

30/06/2022

Organic regulations

Use of Flavourings in Organic Food

This guidance is based on IFOAM Organics Europe understanding of the new Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (referred to in this document…

The Unfair Trading Practices Directive: a transposition and implementation guide

16/08/2019

Fairness & transparency

Library

Nature-based water resilience cannot wait

Nature restoration cannot be postponed

An ambitious Nature Restoration Law is needed for resilient and productive farming systems

Beekeeping organisations and civil society concerns on pesticide risk assessment methodology and bees' protection from pesticides

IFOAM Organics Europe contribution to the public consultation on new EU Soil Strategy

Two months left to transpose the EU Unfair Trading Practices Directive

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

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

Open letter from civil society calling for the Bayer-Monsanto merger to be rejected

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 to the European Commission on agri-business mergers

Vote on the McIntyre report in COMAGRI

Stop patents on conventionally bred seeds, plants and animals

EP Resolution on Patents and Plant Breeders Rights

On organic aquaculture - Use of non-organic juvenils on Organic Production

On the upcoming Trilogue Negotiations on the New Organic Regulation

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

Request to include the Land as a Resource Communication in the 2016 Work Programme of the European Commision

Petition to the European Parliament 'Preserving and managing European farmland as our common wealth: A CSO Call for a sustainable and fair EU governance of farmland

Implementation of Ecological Focus Areas and impacts on biodiversity

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

Parliament must stand up for S&PRM law that favours diversity

On college debate on 6 November on genetically modified maize

Concerns about the intention to extend the scope of the Ecolabel to include agricultural food products, processed foods and products from aquaculture To Mr Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment and Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development

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 stakeholder consultation – post-2010 biodiversity strategy

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

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

Management of pesticide residues in organic products – a follow-up brief

Use of Flavourings in Organic Food

The Unfair Trading Practices Directive: a transposition and implementation guide

Full Cost Accounting to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems

Water conservation and recycling in organic beverage processing

Multi-stakeholder organic conversion initiatives to improve water quality

Organic Approaches to Rural Development Policy: Biodiversity

Organic Approaches to Rural Development Policy: Water