On Monday, 30 May, a group of 76 environmental protection organisations published a statement to put pressure on the EU institutions’ negotiators regarding the regulation on statistics on agriculture input and output.
The final trilogue on this dossier is scheduled for 2 June. In light of the most recent document from the French Presidency of the EU Council on this issue (https://aeur.eu/f/1vr ), these NGOs acknowledge that “the negotiations seem to be progressing in a more positive direction”.
They welcome the fact that the French Presidency supports annually collecting treatment records kept by farmers. However, they note with regret that this collection will only start in 2028, according to the provisional compromise reached by the EU Council and the European Parliament. The NGOs are also concerned that the implementation of this collection will be conditional on the creation of a European digital form, resulting in a very high risk that the records will never really be collected. They call for the creation of a legal obligation to ensure this form is implemented in time.
The NGOs also call for the transition period to be shortened and for data to be published by active substance and by crop.
Link to the NGOs’ statement: https://aeur.eu/f/1vs (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)