Nature restoration, crucial for resilient food and farming systems
Biodiversity protection and well-functioning ecosystems are essential for food production. But the Commission’s proposal on a nature restoration law has faced unjustified opposition when...
Opposition against a patent on maize with previously known traits
No Patents on Seeds! will be filing an opposition this week at the European Patent Office (EPO) against a patent on maize. The patent,...
New patent law in Austria sends a clear signal against patents on seeds
The Austrian Parliament (Nationalrat) has passed an amendment to national patent law – this is in effect a new patent law which excludes, in...
OPTA Europe welcomes the Polish Chamber of Organic Food (PIZE) as new member
OPTA Europe announces that the Polish Chamber of Organic Food (PIZE) has joined the association as associated member. PIZE is the organisation recognised by...
OPTA Europe and ASOBIO join forces
OPTA Europe welcomes ASOBIO, the Spanish Association of Organic Processors and Traders. They are joining forces to better defend the interest of organic companies...
Green Claims: The fight against greenwashing must be based on methodologies promoting the transition...
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the publication of the Substantiating Green Claims initiative by the Commission, in particular the acknowledgement that Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)...
European organic companies welcome the efforts to fight the proliferation of green claims &...
At the occasion of the Commission’s adoption of the Green Claims Directive, the EU organization representing organic processors and traders (OPTA Europe), applauds the...
Opposition against the patent on maize
The international coalition of No Patents on Seeds! will today file an opposition against a patent held by the German company, KWS. Patent EP3560330...
Patent on sweet and hot peppers not revoked
The European Patent Office (EPO) rejected an opposition filed against a patent held by Syngenta (ChemChina) claiming conventionally-bred sweet and hot peppers (EP2140023). Syngenta...
EU organic movement warns against greenwashing
IFOAM Organics Europe warns against the misuse of claims, labels, or communication initiatives about food products, that contribute to greenwashing and hinder the agroecological transition...
