EU consultation
4 submissions from 3 organizations told the European Commission what they think about this file. Here is what each of them said, in their own words.
2 submissions from industry — companies and their trade associations — against 2 from civil society: NGOs, consumer organizations, environmental groups and trade unions.
Groupings use the respondent type each organization selected when filing. Counting submissions, not organizations — a body that filed twice is counted twice.
The file, right now
The consultation closed on 20 Aug 2026 — it ran from 23 Jul 2026.
How it got here
Also on the Commission’s pipeline for this file, with no date recorded: Initiative planned, Implementing regulation.
4 positions
· · filed 20 Aug 2026 · source
The Europe India Centre for Business & Industry (EICBI) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to enable relevant authorities in non-EU countries to participate in the Electronic System for Agricultural Non-Customs Formalities (ELAN). The initiative is particularly relevant to India given the growing scale of EU India agricultural trade.
The Europe India Centre for Business & Industry (EICBI) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to enable relevant authorities in non-EU countries to participate in the Electronic System for Agricultural Non-Customs Formalities (ELAN). The initiative is particularly relevant to India.
· · filed 19 Aug 2026 · source
The current rules allow authorities in EU countries to use ELAN only as of 2026 for the exchange of documents on a voluntary basis. Its use will become mandatory in October 2028. After some non-EU countries expressed their interest in using this system, the EU changed the rules to allow this. Authorities from non-EU countries may start using ELAN too – on a voluntary basis – as of 2026.
Filed in Italian · English published by the European Commission
· · filed 6 Aug 2026 · source
Seravon Labs LLC (Wyoming, United States), operating through Veridex Carbon, is establishing a climate-adaptive livestock and carbon farming operation in Extremadura, Spain. The operation involves potential cross-border movement of ovine genetic material (semen) from non-EU countries (Egypt, South Africa) to EU territory, as well as future export of CRCF-certified carbon farming products within the EU single market.
Method. Every quote is verbatim from the organization’s own submission to the European Commission, trimmed to its opening passage and never summarized by a model. Where a submission was filed in another EU language we show the English text the European Commission publishes alongside it, labeled on the quote; the original is one click away at the source. Groupings use the respondent type the organization itself selected when filing. We deliberately do not label anyone “supportive” or “opposed” — you read what they wrote and draw your own conclusion. Organizations only, never individuals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the European Commission is not liable for this reuse.