Letters
Placing Healthy, Affordable Diets at the Core of EU Cardiovascular Health Policy
Dear Commissioner Várhelyi,
We are writing to you ahead of World Heart Day on 29 September as a group of 20 organisations representing civil society, health associations, and medical professionals about the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan which you are currently developing.
EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF); 1-3 October; position of Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe
Dear Members of the SCoPAFF committee,
On 1 to 3 October, you are invited to the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed to discuss and potentially adopt opinions on several European Commission proposals. Ahead of this meeting, we would like to share PAN Europe's position on key issues concerning human health and environmental protection from pesticides. We kindly request that you give these matters your careful attention.
Electronic registration of pesticides data should be implemented without delay
Dear Minister,
Urgent call to regulate TFA pollution in surface water and groundwater under the Water Framework Directive (WFD)
Dear Chair of the Environment Council,
Dear Ministers for Environment,
Dear Rapporteur,
We, the 30 undersigned organisations committed to protecting human health and the environment from pollution, call upon you to take responsibility for protecting Europe’s citizens and water resources from the growing threat of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). This highly mobile, persistent and toxic ‘forever chemical’ has become a widespread pollutant.
Urgent need for regulation of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in surface and groundwater
Dear Presidency, dear Permanent Representatives to the EU,
PAN Europe is writing to you ahead of the interinstitutional technical meeting on 15 September 2025, to urge the incorporation of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) into the “sum of 24 PFAS” Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for surface water and groundwater, as explicitly recommended by the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER).
The EU weakens the rules that safeguard people and the environment
470 civil society, trade unions and public interest groups tell President von der Leyen, European Commissioners and EU Member States that our rights, planet, health and justice are not for sale.
PAN Europe’s feedback to European Commission’s Public Consultation “Export and import of hazardous chemicals”
PAN Europe would like to use this feedback opportunity to raise its concerns on the export of pesticides that have been banned for use in Europe because they can cause serious harm to human health, wildlife and biodiversity, or contaminate water resources. It remains unacceptable for the EU to continue permitting European companies to export pesticides after these are banned in Europe because they are considered too hazardous for use within its own territory.
Swift and ambitious actions needed for the update of EU water pollution standards
Dear Ambassador Søren Jacobsen,
We, the undersigned representatives of environmental and health civil society organisations, healthcare professionals, social partners, recreational fishing associations, and businesses relying on clean and healthy water, are writing to you, as Presidency chair, to urge the prompt adoption of the proposed new EU water pollution standards1 . With this letter, we are also expressing our deep concern about ongoing attempts to weaken and delay the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
Urgent Actions Needed for Sustainable Agriculture and Pesticide Regulation in the EU
Together wit Danish NGOs Rådet for Grøn Omstilling, Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, Dansk Ornitologisk Forening, Greenpeace Denmark, DANVA (Danish Water and Wastewater Association) we wrote to the Danish government to ask for support for decisive European actions on critical pesticide-related issues that directly impact public health, the environment, and the future of European agriculture during the Danish EU presidency.
EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF); 9-10 July - position of Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe
Dear Members of the SCoPAFF committee,
On July 9th and 10th, you are invited to the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed to discuss and potentially adopt opinions on several European Commission proposals. Ahead of this meeting, we would like to share PAN Europe's position on key issues concerning human health and environmental protection from pesticides. We kindly request that you give these matters your careful attention.
