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Negative effects on biodiversity not taken into account (Part 2)

May 9, 2023

Dear Mr. Url, On March 8, 2023 we wrote a letter to you asking to take into account indirect effects of pesticides. On May2, 2023 we received your reply that to our feeling fails to address our c...

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Misleading information on the alternatives for candidates for substitution

May 3, 2023

Dear Ms. Health Commissioner Kyriakides,  We are writing to you concerning the issue of substitution of the most dangerous pesticides authorised in the EU, the candidates of substitution (Cf...

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Call for a swift ban of the active substance s-metolachlor

April 20, 2023

Dear Commissioner Kyriakides, We, the undersigned organisations working for the protection of human health and the environment from pesticides, are writing to you to ask you to ensure that the Eu...

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Request to suspend the approval’s discussions on the herbicide Asulam sodium until EFSA’s assessment protocol is aligned with regulation and science

March 13, 2023

Dear Commissioner Kyriakides, We would like to ask you to employ your political leadership to ensure the Commission does not give in to current pressure to see approved a pesticide’s substance fo...

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Negative effects on biodiversity not taken into account (Part 1)

March 7, 2023

Dear Mr. Url, With this letter we like to make you aware of new research[1] that  demonstrates that pesticides are widely present in feed for dairy cows and that a number of these pesticides...

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Stop blocking the SUR and enter into constructive negotiations!

March 1, 2023

Dear Chairman of the AGRI Committee, Norbert Lins, The scientific community is largely in agreement, its warnings more startling than ever: We are currently facing “the largest loss of life since...

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Letter of support for MEP Sarah Wiener’s draft report on the proposal for a regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products

March 1, 2023

Dear Members of the European Parliament, We are writing on behalf of 69 organisations across Europe in view of the next ENVI Committee meeting on 2 March, when MEP Sarah Wiener will present the d...

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Open Letter to Commissioner Kyriakides Derogations ruling, 1 month later

February 20, 2023

Dear Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, We, the undersigned NGOs, have in the past years repeatedly drawn your attention and that of Member States, to so-called emergency authorisations of ba...

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Joint open letter on the need for a strong proposal on an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems

February 13, 2023

Dear President von der Leyen,We, the undersigned organisations, are writing to urge you to ensure that a strong proposal for an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems is presented by Se...

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Letter to Finland to stop use of neonicotinoids-treated seeds

February 2, 2023

Dear Minister Kurvinen, We are writing to you regarding the emergency authorizations for the use of Thiamethoxam, an active substance very toxic to bees and other pollinators, used in sugar beet ...

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