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CropLife Europe’s comment on the ‘Save the bees and farmers’ European Citizen Initiative

On the 24th of January 2023 ‘Save bees and farmers!’ European Citizen Initiative had a hearing in the European Parliament. Reacting to the hearing Anika Gatt Seretny, Senior Communications Manager…

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CropLife Europe’s comment on the ECJ preliminary ruling on art 53 – emergency authorizations

On the 19th January 2023 European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered today (19/01/2023) its judgement on whether Member States should be able to grant repeated emergency authorizations under Article 53 of Regulation…

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Europe is at a crossroads for crop protection innovation

As part of our 2030 commitments, CropLife Europe reports an investment of nearly €4 billion in biopesticides and digital & precision ag technologies. Investment outpaces the European regulatory framework’s ability…

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CropLife Europe’s comment on Public Eye’s report on the export of pesticides

On 1st of December Unearthed and Public Eye published a report on the export of pesticides not authorised in the EU. Reacting to the results, Anika Gatt Seretny, Senior Communications…

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CropLife Europe addresses the plastics waste challenge

Pesticides industry reports year-on-year increases in both the container collection rate and the number of countries offering container collection programmes CropLife Europe has announced new packaging collection achievements related to…

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CropLife Europe responds to questions from DeSmog

CropLife Europe answers questions from DeSmog on the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the Commission’s proposal for a Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive. DeSmog question:…

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Closed Transfer System pilot programmes now operating in four European countries

CropLife Europe is on track to make CTS available to 100% of European farmers by 2030 As part of a set of commitments announced in 2020, CropLife Europe reports that…

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Dedicated farmer trainings encourage uptake of new ag technologies  

CropLife Europe reaches 11% of its goal of training 1 million farmers on pesticide and biopesticide applications by 2030.

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European Commission data shows a decrease in pesticide use and risk 

On 25 August 2022, the European Commission published updated EU Harmonised Risk Indicators for pesticides for the period 2011-2022 for the EU. The data shows Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 (HRI1),…

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The Sustainable Use Regulation Must Embrace Innovation As Its Key Enabler 

We can contribute to the reduction in pesticide use and risk by continuing to innovate and provide solutions to protect crops from pests and diseases  BRUSSELS, 22 June 2022 –…

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CropLife Europe supports the Food & Agriculture Resilience Mission (FARM) Initiative

CropLife Europe is ready to help with sustainable solutions.

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Letter to the editor of Der Spiegel

In your article ‘Weizen als Waffe’, of 26 March 2022, you write that “PR front gangs like CropLife Europe, set up by the pesticide industry, have been torpedoing the Green Deal…

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