Letters

Prevent the EU’s double standards for residues of banned pesticides in imported food

February 10, 2025

Dear Commissioner Hansen, We, the undersigned civil society groups, are writing to express our strong support following your statement at the Agricultural and Fisheries Council on 27th of January...

Het is essentieel dat de minister van Volksgezondheid het medebeslissingsrecht inzake pesticiden toepast

February 6, 2025

Geachte Minister Vandenbroucke,Proficiat met uw herbenoeming als minister van Volksgezondheid en Sociale Zaken. Wij wensen u alle succes met de voortzetting van deze belangrijke verantwoordelijkheid.

Urgent call to ban the PFAS pesticide fluopyram due to its TFA emissions

January 31, 2025

Dear Ms. Gallina, We, a coalition of 29 NGOs dedicated to protecting human health and the environment, urgently call upon the Commission to ban the active substance fluopyram, a per- and polyfluo...

Call to propose the non-renewal of fenoxaprop-P-ethyl and fludioxonil

January 23, 2025

Dear Ms. Gallina, With this letter, PAN Europe would like to urge the European Commission to swiftly propose the non-renewal of two pesticide active substances following their identification as e...

Pesticide reduction should be a key aspect from the upcoming Vision for Agriculture and Food, and is key to implement the recommendations of the Strategic Dialogue on EU Agriculture

January 13, 2025

Dear Commissioner Hansen, We are writing to you regarding the upcoming EU Vision for Agriculture and Food. We would like to underline the important need of ambitious action on pesticide reduction...

Electronic registration of pesticides data should be implemented without delay

December 19, 2024

Dear Minister,We are writing to you to express our acute concerns regarding the attempts of some Member States to postpone the digitisation of record-keeping for pesticide data by two years. It is ess...

Electronic registration of pesticides data should be implemented without delay

December 19, 2024

Dear Commissioner Várhelyi, Dear Commissioner Hansen, Dear Commission Dombrovskis, We are writing to you to express our acute concerns regarding the attempts of some Member States to postpone the...

Pesticides banned in the EU and exported to third countries – Status of Commission legislative proposal

December 19, 2024

Dear President von der Leyen, We, the 6 undersigned, are deeply concerned about the persistent issue of hazardous pesticides that are banned in the EU but still exported to third countries and th...

Concerns on EFSA’s approach for revising the EU Guidance Document on non-target arthropods

December 19, 2024

Dear Mr. Url, Through this letter, PAN Europe wishes to express its deep concern regarding the insufficient protection of non-target arthropods (NTAs) from the harmful effects of pesticides withi...

Open letter on the Vision for Agriculture and Food

December 9, 2024

Dear Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen,Congratulations on your appointment as Commissioner for Agriculture and Food. While navigating the complexities of the food and farming sec...

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