Briefings
November 9, 2020
The European Commission's REFIT evaluation of the Pesticide and MRL Regulations[1] recognises the important value of the Pesticides Regulation that aims “to ensure a high level of protection for human...
October 19, 2020
The European Commission is planning to consolidate and streamline European statistic for agricultural products and inputs (SAIO). PAN Europe welcomes this effort of harmonisation and rationalisation o...
September 30, 2020
First Draft for COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS on the REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the experience gained by Member States on the implementation of national targets est...
June 29, 2020
The consultation claims that ‘The preliminary results of the evaluation will be used to establish the baseline situation for the impact assessment, refine the problem definition and the policy options...
June 17, 2020
PAN Europe proposes that the Commission aligns the EU promotion of agricultural products with the European Green Deal, therefore focusing on the promotion of circular and sustainable models rather tha...
May 25, 2020
PAN Europe proposes that the Commission aligns the 2021 work programme on promotion of agricultural products with the European Green Deal and therefore focuses on promotion of circular and sustainable...
May 5, 2020
The European Green Deal published by the European Commission in December 2019 calls for a significant reduction in the risk and use of chemical pesticides as a key to kick off the ecological transitio...
January 31, 2020
In its Communication (https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/1/2018/EN/COM-2018-734-F1-ENMAIN-PART-1.PDF) ‘Towards a comprehensive European Union framework on endocrine disruptors’, adopted on 7...
January 14, 2020
PAN Europe welcomes that the new European Commission has started its five years in office with a consultation on biodiversity; we hope that this means putting biodiversity first on the EU agenda to un...
November 15, 2019
The European Commission misleadingly claims a 20% reduction in risks posed by pesticides in the EU. Yesterday the European Commission published - for the first time - trends in the newly establis...