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Open letter to Commissioner Hogan reg. Glyphosate re-authorisation and the EU model of farming

September 26, 2017

Dear Commissioner, We have recently read in the news1 that you support a ten years re-authorisation of glyphosate, inter alia arguing that ‘It is too important for agriculture - and for urban dwe...

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Letter to EU Ministries calling not to support the current EDC criteria

May 24, 2017

Dear Sir/Madam, Ahead of the meeting of Standing Committee on Plants Animals Food and Feed on 30th of May 2017, section Phytopharmaceuticals - Plant Protection Products – Legislation, we would li...

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Comments ahead of Pesticides Committee of 17-18th May

May 16, 2017

Dear Members of the Standing Committee on Plants Animals Food and Feed, Ahead of the meeting of SCOPAFF on 17th and 18th of May 2017, section Phytopharmaceuticals - Plant Protection Products – Le...

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Open Letter to the European Commission on agri-business mergers

March 27, 2017

We, the undersigned organisations, call on the European Commission to reject the impending mergers of the world’s biggest agrochemical and seed companies. In an already concentrated market, the w...

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Open letter on implementation of the Sustainable Use Directive on pesticides

March 21, 2017

Dear Mrs Colombo, Dr Mr Miko, On this very second day of the Pesticide Action Week, which is being promoted around the world each year from 20-30 March, I am allowing myself to write to you ...

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Inter-institutional negotiations on EU lobby transparency

March 20, 2017

Dear Vice President Guillaume, Dear Ms Hübner, As the negotiations between the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council on a revised lobby transparency register will shortly get u...

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Open letter on the independence and transparency of ECHA’s Risk Assessment Committee

March 8, 2017

Dear Mr Dancet, On 8 and 15 March, the European Chemicals Agency’s Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) will discuss the hazard classification of Europe’s most heavily used weedkiller, glyphosate. We ...

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Civil Society Statement on the Reform of European Agricultural Policies

March 7, 2017

We, the undersigned organisations, believe that the European food and farming system is broken: that it is working for the interests of a few to the detriment of the majority of people, farmers, and t...

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Open letter: MEPs must support the Commission to ban pesticides on EFAs

March 1, 2017

Dear Member of the European Parliament, We the above organisations encourage you to say ‘yes’ to the European Commission proposal to ban pesticide use in Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) and support...

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Call to implement Better Regulation principles in EU action on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

February 14, 2017

We are contacting you about Better Regulation issues in the EU’s policy on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals. First, we would like to express our appreciation to the European Commission for its stated co...

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