Letters
Calling upon Member States to oppose the European Commission’s proposal extension of the approval period of the active substance glyphosate
Dear Members of the Appeal Committee,
29 NGOs, the European organic movement, beekeepers and IBMA (biocontrol manufacturers) call on the Parliament and the Council to support the Commission’s proposal on the SUR despite attacks to weaken it and delay its adoption
We, the undersigned organisations, strongly condemn the attacks to weaken the ambition of the proposal for a Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Regulation (SUR) and to delay its adoption. This piece of legislation is crucial to implement the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, as well as the Zero Pollution Action Plan, and is therefore key to delivering on the objectives of the Green Deal.
Joint contribution to the public consultation of the European Commission entitled “Plant protection products - records to be kept by professional users”
16 organisations across Europe including environmental and health associations call on the national governments represented in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF committee) to vote in favour of the adoption of this Implementing Regulation (version submitted to the public consultation) at the next meeting scheduled in December 2022.
Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Commissioners Stella Kyriakides, Janusz Wojciechowski and Virginijus Sinkevičius
Dear President von der Leyen,
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are writing to throw our full support behind this Commission’s core commitment to laying the foundations of an EU food system transition to sustainability. We urge you to remain strong in the face of growing (geo)political pressures and attacks on the Farm to Fork Strategy, and to come forward with the legislative framework for Sustainable Food Systems (FSFS), the Strategy’s flagship initiative, as planned for 2023.
Joint Statement: Civil society & IPs to FAO: End indefinite agreement, ensure accountability
After a high-level meeting last week, we, representatives of civil society & Indigenous Peoples organizations, urgently call on the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to end its existing agreement with CropLife International (CLI), to publicly clarify the nature of its ties with the pesticide industry, and to subject these ties to greater transparency and accountability.
EU Commission needs to take action regarding the alliance between FAO and CropLife International
Dear Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen,
(Cc. Vice-President Timmermans),
The EU being an important member of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), we are writing to you concerning the unacceptable partnership that FAO has established with CropLife International, the umbrella organisation of the world's biggest pesticide companies.
Pesticides - Confirmation information on Propyzamide - Commission acts against Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
Dear Commissioner Kyriakides,
Call to adopt without delay the Implementing Regulation harmonising the content and format of the pesticide use records
Dear representatives of national governments, members of the PAFF Committee,
Dear Chair of the PAFF Committee,
PAFF July meeting (A. 06, point 1) - Confirmation information on Propyzamide - Call upon Member States to reject the amended review report
Dear members of the PAFF committee,
