Press releases
November 19, 2025
The European Commission cannot systematically and automatically grant extensions of pesticide approvals in case of delays in the re-assessment process. This was clarified by the EU Court of Justice to...
November 18, 2025
A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical pesticides. This comes under the guise of “simplification”, intende...
November 13, 2025
Bayer has officially joined the European Commission in defending glyphosate before the European Court. Earlier this year, PAN Europe and five of its members took the EU decision to court for renewing ...
October 28, 2025
138 civil society, scientific, water, and farming organisations across Europe have called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to fully enforce the EU Pesticide legislation.The open l...
October 23, 2025
Today, EU lawmakers listened to citizens and science and rubber-stamped the deal on the Soil Monitoring Law, the EU’s first-ever law on soil health, after months of negotiations. Despite severe shortc...
October 22, 2025
Today, the General Court of the EU clarified in a judgement that EU Member States are required to demand toxicity data for co-formulants used in pesticides. The absence of such data in the pesticide i...
October 21, 2025
Het Pesticide Action Network vraagt in een spoedprocedure bij het College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (CBb) een verbod op gebruik van het bestrijdingsmiddel Pitcher met een hormoonverstorende st...
October 16, 2025
Today, on World Food Day, PAN Europe and Friends of the Earth Europe publish a new report, showcasing farmers and municipalities successfully eliminating or minimising pesticide use. The impressive an...
October 10, 2025
The European Commission recently announced it was initiating an infringement procedure against Romania for granting derogations to bee-toxic neonicotinoid insecticides [1]. This is the first time...
October 7, 2025
Three NGOs, PAN Europe, IFOAM Organics Europe and Global 2000, lodged a formal complaint before the European Ombudsman concerning the European Commission’s reliance on the Harmonised Risk Indicat...