Below you can download all position papers and letters by IFOAM EU Group.
Position papers
Organic greenhouse production January 2012 "The EU Soil Directive - building the foundations for a quagmire or healthy humus?" September 2011 " Flexibility in the Organic Regulation "July 2011 "Organic Wine Making Rules - Sulphite Reduction" July 2011 - REVISION Protecting our natural capital: an EU strategy to conserve biodiversity and ensure the provision of ecosystem services by 2020 October 2010 Organic poultry production and rearing" August 2010 - REVISION "Shaping Agriculture and Food systems to Future Challenges - the Strategic Role of Organic Food and Farming"EN /HU )EN /ES /FR ) June 2010 - STRATEGY
CAP post 2013 - Smart change or business as usual? (EN) Full version HU / Summary IT
March 2010 - GMO
Amendments table on organic wine processing implementing rules December 2009 - REVISION
Position on "Towards a sustainable CAP - Key demands of the IFOAM EU Group for a sustainable CAP 2014-2020" .
Amendments table on organic wine processing implementing rules November 2009 - REVISION
2nd Position on the organic wine processing and annex October 2009 - REVISION
Position on the organic wine processing September 2009 - REVISION
The IFOAM EU Group's initial assessment of the new EU organic regulations May 2009 - REVISION
Position archives
Official letters
IFOAM EU Group letter to the European Commission on ecolabelling, sustainable food and ecological performance February 7, 2012 - Policy
Common NGO letter to the European Commission on EFSA's drafting of guidelines on GM-animals 27 January 2012 - Policy
IFOAM EU Group letter on organic feed October 20, 2011 - Regulation
IFOAM EU Group letter on promotion measures and information provision for agricultural products October 17, 2011 - Policy
IFOAM EU Group letter on organic feed September 27, 2011 - Regulation
IFOAM EU Group letter to the European Commission on ecolabelling (annexes 1 , 2 )27 September 2011 - Policy
Common NGO letter to the European Commission re: Inter-Service Consultation on CAP reform 01 September 2011 - Policy
Letter to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, on the future of rural development programmes 22 June 2011 - Policy
IFOAM EU Group letter on organic processing May 30, 2011 - Regulation IFOAM EU Group letter on organic processing (annexes 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 )
Contribution to Stakeholder Consultation GMO Risk Assessment IFOAM EU Group letter on 100% organic feed for monogastric animals November 19, 2010- Regulation IFOAM EU Group letter on organic processing - annexes VIII and IX November 18, 2010 - Regulation IFOAM EU Group letter on European standards for natural and organic cosmetics November 17, 2010 - Regulation IFOAM EU Group letter on EFSA revision of lime sulphur and azadirachtin November 17, 2010 - Regulation Letter from NGOs to MEP Kartika Tamara Liotard on animal cloning 15 October 2010 - Policy IFOAM EU Group letter on the re-examination of nitrates, SO2 and HCl September 29, 2010 - Regulation IFOAM EU Group letter on rosemary extract, ion exchange and glycerol (organic certification of additives, restricted use of organic additives) July 22, 2010 - Regulation Letter to EU Commissioner Dacian Ciolos on GMOs 09 July 2010 - Policy Letter on post-2010 Biodiversity Strategy 18 June 2010 - Policy IFOAM EU Group letter to EU Commissioner Dacian Ciolos on wine Regulation IFOAM EU Group letter to EU Commissioner Dacian Ciolos on wine June 10, 2010 - Regulation IFOAM EU Group letter on the novel food (nanotechnology, cloning, GMO) April 29, 2010 - Food policy IFOAM EU Group letter on the availability of GMO free vitamin B2 22 April 2010 - Policy IFOAM EU Group letter on the revision of the technical anenxes in the organic regulation March 29, 2010 - Regulation IFOAM EU Group letter on the EP report on the provision of food information to consumers March 15, 2010 IFOAM EU Group letter on the EP report on evaluation and assessment of the Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals March 15, 2010 - Food policy IFOAM EU Group letter on Best Practice for maize coexistence December 22, 2009 - GMOs IFOAM EU Group letter on Green Public Procurement in EU canteens December 22, 2009 IFOAM EU Group letter on timing of the new EU logo November 13, 2009 IFOAM EU Group letter on organic wine processing - SO2 reduction December 4, 2009 - REVISION IFOAM EU Group letter on labelling of origin November 13, 2009 - REGULATION IFOAM EU Group letter on labelling of origin November 12, 2009 - REGULATION IFOAM EU Group letter on nanotechnologies and cloning November 5, 2009 - CLONING and NANOTECHNOLOGY IFOAM EU Group letter on organic wine processing October 28, 2009 - REVISION IFOAM EU Group letter on stocking densities for young fattening chicken October 16, 2009 - REGULATION IFOAM EU Group letter on the legal definition of flavours October 05, 2009 - PROCESSING IFOAM EU GROUP Letter on the Crucial topics - processed organic food PROCESSING IFOAM EU Group Letter on the Proposal for EU Soil Directive July 2009 - SOIL DIRECTIVE IFOAM EU Group letter on the Organic Aquaculture Implementing Rules June 25, 2009 - REVISION IFOAM EU Group letter on the Organic Aquaculture Implementing Rules May 12, 2009 - REVISION IFOAM EU Group letter on labelling of origin May 8, 2009 - REGULATION IFOAM EU Group letter on certification of organic additives May 8, 2009 - REGULATION IFOAM EU Group Letter on the Organic Aquaculture Implementing Rules and tabled annex . March 30, 2009 - REVISION IFOAM EU Group letter to the J.F. Hulot (Head of the organic Farming Unit at DG AGRI) on the organic aqauculture implementing rules February 27, 2009 - REVISION IFOAM EU Group and other NGOs letter to Ministers on upcoming votes in February and March on: (1) GM maize varieties Bt11 and 1507 for cultivation and (2) French, Greek and Hungarian national ban on MON810 maize
February 5, 2009 - GMO IFOAM EU Group letter to the European Commission on the implementing rules for aquaculture processing January 12, 2009 - REVISION Letter archives
