Letters

 Dear Members of the European Parliament,

We are writing on behalf of 69 organisations across Europe in view of the next ENVI Committee meeting on 2 March, when MEP Sarah Wiener will present the draft report on the European Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products (SUR) and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

Dear Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides,

We, the undersigned NGOs, have in the past years repeatedly drawn your attention and that of Member States, to so-called emergency authorisations of banned pesticides in some Member States which were not carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 53 of the Pesticide Regulation (EU) 1107/2009. We have also appealed against these authorisations.

Dear President von der Leyen,

Cc: Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Commissioners Stella Kyriakides, Janusz Wojciechowski and Virginijus Sinkevičius

We, the undersigned organisations, are writing to urge you to ensure that a strong proposal for an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems is presented by September 2023.

Dear Minister Kurvinen,

We are writing to you regarding the emergency authorizations for the use of Thiamethoxam, an active substance very toxic to bees and other pollinators, used in sugar beet seeds’ coating, which is now subjected to an immediate ban.

Dear Commissioner,

In a preliminary ruling (case C-162/21) recently published, the Court of Justice of the EU has clarified a certain number of boundaries, with regards to the use of article 53 of the pesticide regulation (EU) 1107/2009. The Court ruling imposes a series of changes both at Commission and at Member States levels.

Monsieur le Ministre Clarinval,

Le 19 janvier[1] dernier, la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) a rendu un arrêt confirmant l’illégalité des dérogations octroyées par la Belgique de 2019 à 2021 à trois insecticides néonicotinoïdes[2] expressément interdits en plein champs dans l’Union européenne en raison des risques graves encourus par les abeilles.

Dear Mr Dermine,

Thank you for the letter of 14 December 2022, submitted on behalf of 28 environmental and health related non-governmental organisations, in which you call for an immediate ban of glyphosate in the EU due to concerns about its impact on health and on the environment and stress that the concern of citizens must be listened to.

Dear Commissioner Kyriakides,

We, the undersigned 28 environmental and health groups, urge  you to immediately ban glyphosate from the European market on the basis of the overwhelming amount of scientific evidence showing that glyphosate, and glyphosate-based products, likely cause serious diseases to humans and are toxic for the environment and its species.

Dear Ms Kyriakides,

New research by Gregor Kasprian et al.1 reveals that consumption of alcohol even in low to moderate amounts during pregnancy can change the baby’s brain structure and delay brain development. Fetal MRI scans were made of 24 fetuses with a known alcohol exposure. Seventeen out of the 24 mothers drank less than one alcoholic drink per week and still harm could be observed in the fetuses.

Exports of banned hazardous chemicals: time to put an end to double standards

1. Hazardous chemicals, banned at a domestic level in order to protect human health and the environment, are currently produced and exported by EU countriesto third countries where regulations are generally weaker.