Letters
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
January 31, 2023
Dear Commissioner, In a preliminary ruling (case C-162/21) recently published, the Court of Justice of the EU has clarified a certain number of boundaries, with regards to the use of article 53 o...
January 30, 2023
Monsieur le Ministre Clarinval, Le 19 janvier[1] dernier, la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) a rendu un arrêt confirmant l’illégalité des dérogations octroyées par la Belgique d...
January 13, 2023
Dear Mr Dermine, Thank you for the letter of 14 December 2022, submitted on behalf of 28 environmental and health related non-governmental organisations, in which you call for an immediate ban of...
December 14, 2022
Dear Commissioner Kyriakides, We, the undersigned 28 environmental and health groups, urge you to immediately ban glyphosate from the European market on the basis of the overwhelming amount...