Letters
Publication of the revision of the legislation on the sustainable use of pesticides, on 23 March 2022.
Dear President von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Timmermans, dear Commissioners Kyriakides, Wojciechowski and Sinkevičius,
Over the last weeks, we have witnessed numerous public interventions with alarming messages according to which the EU’s “food security” is in danger because of the war in Ukraine. We are aware that international solidarity is and will be needed, but the situation in the EU with regard to “food security” and “food sovereignty” is different to the messages we have heard these last weeks.
Shameless instrumentalization of the Ukraine conflict by trade associations to waive EU food and feed safety standards
Dear Vice-President Timmermans, dear Commissioners Kyriakides and Wojciechowski,
We are writing to you in reaction to the attempt of severable trade associations to take advantage of the terrible Ukrainian war to challenge the existing EU food and feed safety standards.
The reform of agriculture statistics (File 2021/0020 COD)
Subject: The reform of agriculture statistics (File 2021/0020 COD)
Drawing attention to EFSA’s unscientific, biased, and flawed chemical cocktail policy. Towards the implementation of a Mixture Assessment Factor
Subject: Your cooperation with the European Food Authority EFSA on the risk assessment of chemical cocktails
Dear Mr. Ghebreyesus, Mr. Amoth and Mr. Cormann,
Bees at risk: abuses on derogations for neonicotinoids
Dear Vice-President Timmermans,
Cc. Commissioner Kyriakides,
Calling upon Member States to oppose the European Commission’s renewal proposal for Cypermethrin as candidate for substitution
To: Members of the PAFF committee – Section "Phytopharmaceuticals - Legislation"
Subject: EU Standing committee on pesticides (PAFF 21/22 October) – insecticide Cypermethrin – Calling upon Member States to oppose the European Commission’s renewal proposal as candidate for substitution
Dear Members of the Standing Committee PAFF,
Calling upon Member States to oppose the Flumioxazin European Commission’s renewal proposal
To: Members of the ScoPAFF committee – Section "Phytopharmaceuticals - Legislation"
Subject: EU Standing committee on pesticides (ScoPAFF 21/22 October) – herbicide Flumioxazin – Calling upon Member States to oppose the European Commission’s renewal proposal
Dear Madam/Sir,
INFO PAGE: European Citizens' Initiative "SAVE BEES AND FARMERS”
"Save the bees and farmers" is the name of an important and ambitious European Citizens' Initiative that collects signatures across Europe to make EU agriculture harmless to bees, by putting pesticides out of use. The goal of the initiative is to collect 1,000,000 signatures to compel the European Commission and the European Parliament to take further steps to remove pesticides from use in agriculture and to create models to support farmers in their transition to sustainable agriculture.
Your letters of 14 June 2021 concerning the Farm to Fork objectives and the substitution principle
Dear Ms. Roynel and Mr. Muilerman,
Thank you for your above-mentioned letters to Commissioner Kyriakides and Executive Vice-President Timmermans, who asked me to respond on their behalves. In your letters you urge the Commission to exclude any incorporation of the new EPPO standard PP 1/271 (3) ‘Guidance on efficacy aspects of comparative assessment’ from the envisaged revision of the principles for comparative assessment to be conducted for plant protection products containing active substances that are candidates for substitution.
