Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/12/2025
14:30 - 16:00
Location
Press Club Brussels Europe
Categories
Following the trilogue meeting planned on new genomic techniques on 3 December, Friends of the Earth Europe, European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) and IFOAM Organics Europe, invite you to a joint press briefing to assess the state of negotiations and present reactions from civil society, small-scale farmers and the organic breeding and agri-food sector, which would all be heavily impacted if the proposal on NGTs was to be adopted.
The press briefing will feature short presentations and a Q&A:
- Intro on the NGT proposal and update on the trilogue negotiations – Eric Gall, IFOAM Organics Europe (5 min.)
- Impact on consumers: labelling and traceability – Mute Schimpf, Friends of the Earth Europe (5 min.)
- Impact on farmers: patents and detection methods – Cloé Mathurin, European Coordination Via Campesina (5 min.)
- Impact on the breeding sector: Frans Carree, De Bolster/IFOAM Organics Europe (5 min.)
- Questions and answers
Registration is mandatory using this link.
If you cannot join in person, there will be a possibility to participate online. The connection link will be shared with the registered participants.
Background documents :
- Trilogue on GMOs-NGTs : briefing on patents and sustainability criteria, European Coordination Via Campesina, November 2025.
- EU food industry calls for rigorous labelling of NGTs , September 2024
- 6097447d-final-version-joint-statement-19.02.pdf, February 2025
- Unlabelled harms – who wins and who loses when new gmos stay secret, January 2024
European Coordination Via Campesina
Rue Grisar 38
1070 Brussels, BELGIUM
Tel. (BE) +32 22173112