Letters
EU Court verdict on recent scientific insights in pesticide authorisations
Dear Director,
VISION for AGRICULTURE - Unscientific approach on Pesticides - Please AMEND the text
Dear Commissioner,
Prevent the EU’s double standards for residues of banned pesticides in imported food
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, in which you committed to ensuring that food imported into the EU meets the same standards as food produced within the EU. In this regard, we call on you to take action under the EU Vision for Agriculture and Food to ensure – to the fullest extent possible – that imported food is not grown using pesticides banned in the EU.
Urgent call to ban the PFAS pesticide fluopyram due to its TFA emissions
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 polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS). The significant emissions of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) from fluopyram and the resulting groundwater contamination clearly demonstrate that the substance does not meet the requirements of the Pesticide Regulation 1107/2009.
Call to propose the non-renewal of fenoxaprop-P-ethyl and fludioxonil
Dear Ms. Gallina,
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
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, which should evidently have a central place in the EU Vision for Agriculture and Food. Therefore, we kindly provide you, in addition to this letter, with a briefing with our recommendations for the Vision.
Electronic registration of pesticides data should be implemented without delay
Dear Commissioner Várhelyi,
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.
Pesticides banned in the EU and exported to third countries - Status of Commission legislative proposal
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 the severe ethical, health and environmental consequences for Europe and beyond.
Concerns on EFSA’s approach for revising the EU Guidance Document on non-target arthropods
Dear Mr. Url,
Open letter on the Vision for Agriculture and Food
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 sectors will be a challenging task, your mandate has the potential to bring signicant positive change to our societies and the environment. We look forward to working constructively with you on the future of EU agriculture and food systems.
