Briefings
December 9, 2025
The European Commission’s leaked draft proposal for the ‘food and feed safety omnibus’ proposes significant weakening of the approval and authorisation system for active substances and pesticide produ...
October 15, 2025
The European Commission’s Vision for Agriculture and Food proposes easing market access for biological control substances (biocontrol). PAN Europe welcomes more capacity for biocontrol risk assessment...
October 14, 2025
Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence for the “Food and feed safety - simplification omnibus”’.PAN Europe is a science-based orga...
September 30, 2025
In July 2025, the Commission proposed the long-term budget (multi-annual financial framework (MMF)) for 2028–2034, which includes the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). [1] Rather than effectively supp...
September 23, 2025
PAN Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the EFSA’s Draft statement on consumer health-based guidance values on trifluoroacetic acid.Our organisation is closely following the develop...
September 10, 2025
PAN Europe welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence for simplification of administrative burden in environmental legislation.PAN Europe is a science-based organisation composed ...
July 29, 2025
PAN Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the ECHA’s CLH report on the new hazard classes of TFA.Our organisation is closely following the developments related to TFA, as it is a comm...
July 28, 2025
Trifluoroacetid Acid (TFA) is an omnipresent pollutant in water. This small PFAS molecule is a final breakdown product of PFAS pesticides, some F-gases and other chemicals containing a ...
March 4, 2025
PAN Europe welcomes the European Commission’s initiative for a European Water Resilience Strategy (EWRS), recognising water’s place at the centre of EU policy and urging actions to address water chall...
February 12, 2025
The EU pesticide regulation does not allow substances that are proven to be carcinogens, reprotoxic substances, and endocrine disruptors. However, the regulation provides a theoretical exception ...