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Type of documents
 
Year
 
Topic
 
Official letters
26/02/2024
EU Green Deal Farm to Fork Plant health care

The EU must make pesticide reduction a reality

We, the undersigned 125 organisations, condemn the failure of the European Parliament, Council and Commission to deliver on a crucial…
02/12/2021
Climate change

Joint letter on carbon farming in the "Restoring Sustainable Carbon Cycles" initiative

22/10/2021
GMOs

IFOAM Organics Europe submission to public consultation - Legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques

IFOAM Organics Europe would like to take this opportunity to express its concerns with the proposed way forward in the Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) and highlight…
06/09/2021
GMOs

NGOs response to EU commission's report on new GMOs

21/06/2021
Biodiversity Plant health care

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

30/03/2021
GMOs

Regulation of new genomic technique

01/03/2021
Fairness & transparency

Two months left to transpose the EU Unfair Trading Practices Directive

20/12/2017
Seeds

High number of patent applications for plants and animals

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

01/03/2017
CAP Plant health care

Open letter to MEPs to support amendments proposed in the Commission Delegated Regulation 639/2014 to ban pesticides on EFAs

13/02/2017
GMOs

Open letter - Improved EU decision-making in the area of health and consumer protection

17/12/2015
Seeds

EP Resolution on Patents and Plant Breeders Rights

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

29/10/2015
GMOs

Glyphosate - Need for a robust and credible scientific assessment of carcinogenicity

16/10/2015
Climate change

Vote on the National Emissions Ceilings Directive (NEC) on 28 October

16/07/2015
Seeds

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

18/06/2015
Climate change

EU LULUCF consultation

22/05/2015
Fairness & transparency

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

08/04/2015
GMOs

Open letter to Commission President Juncker: Keeping your promise to make EU GMO decisions more democratic

05/03/2015
Climate change

How to integrate LULUCF emissions in the next climate and energy package

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

17/11/2010
Organic regulations

On European standards for natural and organic cosmetics

17/11/2010
Plant health care

On EFSA revision of lime sulphur and Azadirachtin

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

29/09/2010
Organic regulations

On re-examination of nitrite/nitrate, SO2 and HCl

09/07/2010
GMOs

On protection of food and farm sector from GMO contamination

29/04/2010
Organic regulations

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

16/10/2008
Organic regulations

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

Organic infographics and videos
Factsheets and manuals
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.…
07/05/2024
25% organic target About us EU Green Deal

2024 EU elections – Organic movement’s manifesto [short version]

23/04/2024
25% organic target About us EU Green Deal

2024 EU elections - Organic movement's manifesto

Organics Europe hereby presents a manifesto that articulates a vision for vibrant European rural areas where agriculture is sustainable, resilient,…
01/03/2024
Climate change

Organic: Safeguarding climate and nature

Climate change and its consequences threaten agricultural systems and our food production. Farmers are already facing big challenges as a…
01/10/2010
Climate change

Organic - part of the solution! Climate change

Leaflets
18/11/2021
Biodiversity Plant health care

Plant health care in organic farming - The role of natural substances in a biodiversity-based system approach

One of organic agriculture’s defining traits is its approach towards plant health care, relying mainly on preventive and indirect measures…
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
28/05/2021
Climate change Food policy

Towards a just transition of food systems - Challenges and policy levers for France

IDDRI “Towards a just transition of food systems – Challenges & policy levers for France”. Aubert, Gardin (IDDRI) & Alliot…
18/02/2017
Climate change

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

18/04/2015
Climate change

Feeding the people: Agroecology for nourishing the world and transforming the agri-food system

18/02/2015
Climate change

Impacts on the EU 2030 climate target of including LULUCF in the climate and energy policy framework

18/02/2010
Climate change

Organic food and farming: A system approach to meet the sustainability challenge

Press releases
04/09/2024
CAP EU Green Deal EU's Agri-Food Vision

Strategic Dialogue – Organic is a leading choice for transitioning to sustainable agri-food systems

BRUSSELS, 4 SEPTEMBER 2024 – IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the report of the ‘Strategic Dialogue on the future of EU…
18/07/2024
EU Green Deal Fairness & transparency Food systems

Welcome back, Ms von der Leyen. EU organic looks forward to continue transforming our rural areas & food systems

Re-election Ms von der Leyen as President of the EU Commission took place today, 18 July 2024, with 401 votes…
24/04/2024
Seeds

EU Parliament advances organic plant breeding with new PRM legislation vote

BRUSSELS, 24 APRIL 2024 – Today’s vote on the Plant Reproductive Material Regulation (PRM) legislation could contribute to a balanced regulation…
17/04/2024
25% organic target Farm to Fork

OrganicAdviceNetwork project kick-off marks the beginning of the first European network of organic advisors

In April 2024, the OrganicAdviceNetwork project, funded by the EuropeanCommission and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research andInnovation, brought…
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