Dear all

please see this important letter... we were asked to sign, but it looks like some technical details were not sorted out.

For me, it looks very good: Many of of you signed anyway and it may be difficult that we, as a coalition, with specific purpose, should act in the name of our members. We should include a reference to this letter in our own communication, maybe integrate it as footnote in final version of the final version of our report which will go online this week on July 6.

cheers

Christoph

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [New-gm-eur] FW: Open Letter - Prevent patented GM seeds in Europe resulting from reform of EU GMO regulation 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,

*Helene Schmutzler***(She/her)

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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 https://www.organicseurope.bio/ 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,

*Helene Schmutzler***(She/her)

Rue Marie-Thérèse 11

/Policy Coordinator on GMOs and Organic Textiles/

_+32 2 41 65 232_

BE - 1000 Brussels

www.organicseurope.bio http://www.organicseurope.bio/

VAT number: BE 0881.175.417

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