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| Betreff: | [New-gm-eur] FW: Open Letter - Prevent patented GM seeds in Europe resulting from reform of EU GMO regulation |
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| Datum: | Mon, 3 Jul 2023 06:04:34 +0000 |
| Von: | Helene Schmutzler <helene.schmutzler@organicseurope.bio> |
| An: | New gm eur <new-gm-eur@lists.corporateeurope.org> |
| Kopie (CC): | Ilaria Barbonetti <ilaria.barbonetti@organicseurope.bio> |
Happy Monday,
FYI, the open letter on patents to the EU
agri ministers in BCC and Cab AGRI and GROW went out just now.
I will keep you posted should we receive any response.
Have a good week everyone,
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Helene
Schmutzler
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Rue Marie-Thérèse 11 |
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Policy Coordinator on GMOs and Organic
Textiles |
+32 2 41 65 232 |
BE - 1000 Brussels |
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VAT
number: BE 0881.175.417 |
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Representing
the entire organic food chain in European
policymaking. Advocating for a transformation of
food and farming based on the principles of
organic agriculture – health, ecology, fairness
and care. |
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From: Helene Schmutzler
Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2023 1:12 PM
To: 'cab-wojciechowski-contact@ec.europa.eu'
<cab-wojciechowski-contact@ec.europa.eu>;
'cab-breton-contact@ec.europa.eu'
<cab-breton-contact@ec.europa.eu>
Cc: Eric Gall
<eric.gall@organicseurope.bio>; Eduardo Cuoco
<eduardo.cuoco@organicseurope.bio>;
'Kerstin.JORNA@ec.europa.eu'
<Kerstin.JORNA@ec.europa.eu>;
'Wolfgang.Burtscher@ec.europa.eu'
<Wolfgang.Burtscher@ec.europa.eu>
Subject: Open Letter - Prevent patented GM seeds
in Europe resulting from reform of EU GMO regulation
Dear Ministers of Agriculture,
Dear Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski,
Dear Commissioner Thierry Breton,
On behalf of a wide
coalition of NGOs over 100 European organizations,
representing environmental, consumer rights, and food and
farming organizations, IFOAM Organics Europe is sending
you the attached letter ahead of the presentation of the
legislative proposal on so-called “New Genomic
Techniques”.
IFOAM Organics Europe is the EU
umbrella organization for the promotion of organic
agriculture and represents the entire organic production
chain in the EU.
With this letter, we are
writing to express our concerns about a possible flood of
patented seeds entering the EU market as a result of the
Commission's far-reaching dismantling of the EU's GMO
regulations. We urge you to refrain from taking any steps
that could facilitate the commercialisation of more patented
plant varieties. We ask you to reject any deregulation of
new GMOs/NGTs and not to push the legislative process
towards a new regulation of NGTs any further, because the
impact that a change of legislation would have on patents on
seeds has not been evaluated, even though it entails severe
threats for both the farming and the breeding sector.
We remain at your
disposal for any questions or concerns and appreciate your
careful consideration of the concerns raised in the letter.
Yours sincerely,
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Helene
Schmutzler
(She/her) |
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Rue Marie-Thérèse 11 |
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Policy Coordinator on GMOs and Organic
Textiles |
+32 2 41 65 232 |
BE - 1000 Brussels |
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VAT
number: BE 0881.175.417 |
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Representing
the entire organic food chain in European
policymaking. Advocating for a transformation of
food and farming based on the principles of organic
agriculture – health, ecology, fairness and care. |
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