Letters
Oppose to the fast-track renewal of glyphosate and prioritise the protection of human health and the environment
Dear members of the Standing Committee of Plants Animals Food and Feed,
FAO Director General urged to begin new term with action to end pesticide industry partnership, phase-out Highly Hazardous Pesticides
Dear Director-General Qu Dongyu,
Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR) - IPM and crop-specific rules
Dear Minister,
In view of the agenda of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 25th of July 2023, we would like to share our views regarding both the need for constructive progress on the Sustainable use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR) and the need to stand firmly behind the core provisions of the Commission SUR proposal.
EU Court of Justice ruling C-162/21 on emergency authorisations not implemented
Dear Commissioner Kyriakides,
EFSA main findings on glyphosate
Dear Bernhard Url,
The recent communication from EFSA on its main findings from the peer review on the risk assessment of glyphosate1 raises a series of concerns regarding the integrity of the work. We regret to note that the "excellence in science" that your institute should adhere to and promote is compromised and a series of basic legal considerations have not been respected. We are reaching out to you to raise these issues and ask EFSA to reconsider its work.
EU Standing committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed - 11-12 July 2023 - position of Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe
Dear members of the PAFF committee,
On 11th and 12nd July, you are invited to the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed to discuss and/or adopt opinions on several proposals of the European Commission. In advance of this meeting, please find below PAN Europe's position on certain issues that relate to the protection of human health and the environment, for which we kindly request your particular attention.
Neurotoxicity of pesticides
Dear Commissioner Kyriakides,
With this letter, we would like to express our concerns regarding the regulation of neurotoxic pesticides in the EU and request upon you to take action. Pesticides-related neurological diseases are rising in the EU (Parkinson's, autism, etc.), and specialists have raised alarms of an upcoming “Parkinson's epidemic”1 . At the same time, scientific knowledge is evolving rapidly and therefore regulatory actions on the side of the Commission are urgent.
Reaction to the IPM compromise chapter of the Swedish Council presidency on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR)
Dear Ministers,
10 demands to urgently address shortcomings and flaws in the EU pesticide authorisation system
Dear Commissioner Kyriakides,
We, the 83 undersigned civil society organisations, are writing to you to ask you to respond urgently to the unfulfilled requests from the European Parliament to improve the current pesticide authorisation system in Europe and ultimately ensure the high level of protection that EU law requires.
