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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

Organic infographics and videos
Factsheets and manuals
30/01/2020
Plant health care

IBMA and IFOAM EU collaborative roadmap for organic farming 2019-2024

05/12/2018
GMOs

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

Leaflets
18/06/2020
Knowledge for organic Seeds

LIVESEED - Boosting organic seed and plant breeding across Europe

Seeds are the foundation of farming. Therefore, organic production should start with organic seed. Applying organic seed is mandatory according…
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
24/06/2020
Plant health care

RISE Foundation: Crop Protection and the EU Food System – Where are they going?

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 
26/10/2018
GMOs

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

07/05/2018
Plant health care

Strategy for the minimisation of copper in organic farming in Europe

17/04/2018
GMOs

Socio-Economic Impacts of GMOs on European Agriculture

Press releases
16/01/2020
EU Green Deal Farm to Fork Plant health care

The organic movement and the international biocontrol manufacturers call for better regulation of natural origin plant protection technologies

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

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

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

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

 
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