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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

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

Organic infographics and videos
Factsheets and manuals
16/08/2019
Fairness & transparency

The Unfair Trading Practices Directive: a transposition and implementation guide

22/02/2019
Fairness & transparency

Full Cost Accounting to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems

05/12/2018
GMOs

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

01/08/2018
Climate change Knowledge for organic

Climate-friendly practices on your farm - A practical manual

Extreme temperatures and weather events during the last springs and summers have left no doubt about the relevance of climate…
23/05/2018
Climate change Knowledge for organic

SOLMACC – Policy recommendations

Institute: Ekologiska Landbrukarna, FiBL , Bioland, AIAb and IFOAM EU 
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…
23/05/2018
Climate change Knowledge for organic

SOLMACC - Advocacy leaflet

Institute: Ekologiska Landbrukarna, FiBL , Bioland, AIAb and IFOAM EU 
Reports and studies
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 
21/12/2018
Fairness & transparency

Taxation as a tool towards true cost accounting

STUDY ON THE REDUCTION OF VAT FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTS & INCREASED TAXES FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY UNFRIENDLY PESTICIDES
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

18/02/2008
R&I policy TP Organics

Vision for an organic food and farming research agenda to 2025

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…
24/09/2019
Fairness & transparency

Coalition statement on the IMCO vote on UTPs

24/07/2019
GMOs

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

15/04/2019
Fairness & transparency

Joint press release: Civil society launches a campaign calling on the next Members of the European Parliament to make Europe more sustainable and fair by 2024

10/04/2019
Fairness & transparency

Taxation can be a tool towards true cost accounting according to new study

12/03/2019
Fairness & transparency

Joint press release: An important step closer to a fairer food chain for everyone

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

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

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

31/08/2018
Climate change Knowledge for organic

Climate-friendly farming demonstrates benefits for farmers & environment - End of SOLMACC project

25/07/2018
GMOs

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

28/05/2018
Animal welfare Knowledge for organic Plant health care

Improving inputs in organic farming - new Horizon 2020 project ‘RELACS’ started

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

Position papers
29/05/2019
GMOs Seeds

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

29/09/2018
Fairness & transparency

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

 
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