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Bees at risk: abuses on derogations for neonicotinoids

November 29, 2021

Dear Vice-President Timmermans,In 2018, the European Commission and Member States decided to ban outdoor uses of 3 bee-toxic neonicotinoids. After more than 20 years of fight from beekeepers and envir...

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EU Standing committee on pesticides (PAFF 21/22 October) – insecticide Cypermethrin – Calling upon Member States to oppose the European Commission’s renewal proposal as candidate for substitution

October 15, 2021

Dear Members of the Standing Committee PAFF, On 21/22 October, at the EU Standing committee on pesticides (PAFF) you will be invited to vote on the European Commission proposal for a renewal of a...

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EU Standing committee on pesticides (ScoPAFF 21/22 October) – herbicide Flumioxazin – Calling upon Member States to oppose the European Commission’s renewal proposal

October 15, 2021

Dear Madam/Sir,  On 21/22 October, at the EU Standing committee on pesticides (SCoPAFF) you will be invited to vote on the European Commission proposal for a renewal of approval of flumioxazin fo...

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Your letters of 14 June 2021 concerning the Farm to Fork objectives and the substitution principle

July 5, 2021

Dear Ms. Roynel and Mr. Muilerman, Thank you for your above-mentioned letters to Commissioner Kyriakides and Executive Vice-President Timmermans, who asked me to respond on their behalves. In you...

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The importance of making pesticide use one of the indicators in the Green City Accord

June 16, 2021

Dear Commissioner Sinkevičius, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe is a Brussels based NGO working with its 45 national members to replace hazardous pesticides with sustainable, non-chemical al...

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La présence d’un lobbyiste de Phytofar au sein du cabinet de monsieur Clarinval, Ministre fédéral de l’agriculture

June 8, 2021

Monsieur le Premier Ministre, Lors de la mise en place de votre gouvernement, nous nous sommes réjouis de l’inclusion, dans l’accord de gouvernement1, de l’objectif de réduire l’utilisation de pe...

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European NGOs support the initiatives in Switzerland to ban pesticides

May 12, 2021

Dear Swiss citizens, Thanks to the system of direct democracy, you are able to vote on a very important issue. We, in the European Union, only have limited possibilities to vote directly on impor...

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Enhancing implementation of the European Biodiversity Strategy in European towns by using EU Green Capitals and Green Leaf awards as well as the Green City Accord

March 26, 2021

Dear Commissioner Sinkevičius, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe is a Brussels based NGO working with its 45 national members to replace hazardous pesticides with sustainable, non-chemical al...

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Bee Guidance Document and Specific Protection Goals

February 10, 2021

Dear Commissioner Kyriakides, Dear Vice-president Timmermans, On 13 January 2021, the European Commission held, jointly with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), a workshop where the EFSA e...

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Your letter of 15-11-2019, Complaints 1570/2018/JF and 1973/2018/JF, and your request for comments

December 1, 2020

Dear Ms. Ombudsman, With this letter we respectfully comment to the “additional material obtained in the course of this inquiry”, the annexes to your November 15 letter (Complaints 1570/2018/JF a...

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