Briefings
April 23, 2026
The EU Nature Restoration Regulation establishes a legally binding framework to halt biodiversity loss and restore degraded ecosystems across terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, agricultural, and urban ...
April 21, 2026
An independent legal opinion commissioned by PAN Europe, foodwatch and the Veblen Institute concludes that the EU practice of allowing residues of banned pesticides in imported food is highl...
April 20, 2026
The EU Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR) establishes a legally binding framework to halt biodiversity loss and restore degraded ecosystems across terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, agricultural, and ...
April 14, 2026
PAN Europe welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the revision of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The WFD is a foundation of EU water environment...
March 5, 2026
Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence on the evaluation of the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) 528/2012 (BPR).PAN Europe ...
January 27, 2026
The Commission’s proposal for a “food and feed safety omnibus” seriously weakens the EU's current pesticide rules, which aim to protect health and the environment.It removes the limited approvals and ...
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...