Dear Executive Vice-President, dear Commissioner,
We, the signatories of this letter from a broad range of agricultural and environmental organisations and scientific institutions, are writing to you regarding the delay in the publication of the European Commission proposal for the Soil Health Law. The expected date for the publication of the EC proposal has been moved from 7 June to 5 July and remains indicative. With the 2024 European elections approaching, it is critical that the EC proposal be published as soon as possible, and before the summer 2023 at the latest. This is a precondition for the Soil Health Law to progress as far as possible in the legislative process before the elections, so that the codecision can swiftly resume in 2024.