Letters

Your letter dated 13 July 2023, titled ‘EFSA main findings on glyphosate’

September 26, 2023

Dear Dr. Lysimachou and Dr. Dermine, I refer to your letter received on 13 July 2023, of which EFSA acknowledged receipt on the same day. In your letter, you raised several concerns regardin...

European Commission proposal for a Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products (SUR) - Number of Working Group meetings on SUR file / Sensitive Areas

September 13, 2023

Dear Minister, We are writing to you to share our views ahead of the next meeting of the Working Group on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Regulation (SUR) proposal. The slow...

Commitment u-turn on export of hazardous chemicals banned in the EU

September 12, 2023

Dear President von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Šefčovič, and Commissioner Sinkevičius, We are alarmed and disappointed to learn that the European Commission plans to renege on its commitm...

Stop the reapproval of glyphosate due to major deficiencies in carcinogenicity assessment

September 8, 2023

Dear Commissioner Kyriakides, We, the undersigned 15 European civil society organisations, are writing to you to express our concerns regarding the Commission's intention to present a renewal reg...

Joint open letter on the need to publish the EU legislative framework for Sustainable Food Systems before the end of this Commission’s mandate

September 6, 2023

Dear President von der Leyen, We, the undersigned organisations, and distinguished academics, are writing once again to call upon you to ensure that an ambitious proposal for an EU legislative fr...

Oppose to the fast-track renewal of glyphosate and prioritise the protection of human health and the environment

July 26, 2023

Dear members of the Standing Committee of Plants Animals Food and Feed, With this letter, PAN Europe would like to express profound concerns about the current developments in the EU assessment of...

FAO Director General urged to begin new term with action to end pesticide industry partnership, phase-out Highly Hazardous Pesticides

July 26, 2023

Dear Director-General Qu Dongyu, As you begin your second term as the Director-General of the FAO, we, representatives of civil society, Indigenous Peoples and trade union organizations, would li...

Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR) - IPM and crop-specific rules

July 24, 2023

Dear Minister, In view of the agenda of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 25th of July 2023, we would like to share our views regarding both the need for constructive progress on the Su...

EU Court of Justice ruling C-162/21 on emergency authorisations not implemented

July 19, 2023

Dear Commissioner Kyriakides, Six months ago, the Court of Justice of the EU published a ruling in case C-162/21 in which the Court provides important clarifications on the limits for Member Stat...

EFSA main findings on glyphosate

July 13, 2023

Dear Bernhard Url, The recent communication from EFSA on its main findings from the peer review on the risk assessment of glyphosate1 raises a series of concerns regarding the integrity of the wo...

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