Letters

Letter to the EU Commission on new derogations for the use of neonicotinoid-coated seeds in Romania

January 9, 2024

Dear Ms. Bury, We are writing to you to express our deepest concerns on the environmental impact regarding the application of two EU-banned neonicotinoid substances, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam...

Letter to the Belgian Presidency - Importance of an effective Regulation on Pesticides (SUR)

December 21, 2023

Dear Minister Clarinval, Dear Minister Khattabi, Dear Minister Vandenbroucke, Ahead of the start of the Belgian presidency of the Council of Europe, we, 27 Belgian organisations, ...

Stop the extinction of insects - new guidance on terrestrial ecotoxicology is a must

December 15, 2023

Dear Commissioner Kyriakides, Pesticide Action Network Europe is reaching out to you regarding the urgent need for a new Guidance Document on terrestrial ecotoxicology assessment for the European...

Maintaining the European Commission proposal for a Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products (SUR)

December 14, 2023

Dear President von der Leyen, We, the undersigned non-governmental organisations representing farmers, consumers, environmental, trade and human rights organisations, are writing to express our c...

Ensure a sustainable future for farmers - reject the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed

December 13, 2023

Dear Prime Minister Tusk, We write to you to express our deep concerns regarding the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on plants obtained by new genomic techniques (NGT) and their food and fee...

Highly problematic proposal to deregulate genomic techniques in food and feed

December 7, 2023

Dear Minister, In view of the next Presidency Council meeting on 10-11 December, where the Proposal for a Regulation on plants obtained by new genomic techniques (NGT) and their food and feed wil...

EU Standing committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed - 11/12 December 2023 - position of Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe

December 6, 2023

Dear members of the PAFF committee, On 11 and 12 December, you are invited to the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed to discuss and/or adopt opinions on several proposals of ...

Braunschweig meeting

December 3, 2023

Dear Health Commissioner Ms. Kyriakides, We were unpleasantly surprised to learn about another secret meeting of Commission and national authorities with industry on zonal pesticide issues. Your ...

Approved herbicide pendimethalin is a PBT substance

November 24, 2023

Dear Mr Delgado Rosa, With this letter we wish to highlight our concerns regarding the handling of the approval of the active substance pendimethalin by DG for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE). ...

Call upon Members of the European Parliament to support a Strong SUR at Plenary Vote, for the future of our farmers, citizens and biodiversity

November 21, 2023

Dear Members of the European Parliament, We write to you in view of the plenary vote on the proposal for a Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUR), on 22nd of November. The SUR is o...

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