Confagricoltura

Biomass is the main source of renewable energy in the EU. Equipped with an appropriate toolbox, European agriculture and forestry have the potential to produce additional volumes of sustainable biomass in the EU by 2030.

Confagricoltura is the main organisation representing Italian agricultural businesses and promotes policies at European level to support the competitiveness of the sector and the development of rural areas. The right to stay must be understood as the real possibility for people to live, work and build their future in rural areas, benefiting from opportunities and services comparable to those available in urban…

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By revising the Waste Directive, the Commission aims to reduce waste by identifying specific recovery targets at the various stages of the chain and requiring Member States to implement appropriate measures to reduce waste generation.

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Farmers, foresters and land managers have high expectations about the development of a new economic model linked to carbon carbon in soils. This is because the sustainable management of agricultural and forestry systems is the only productive activity capable of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by permanently incorporating it into soils and plants, thus compensating for residual CO2 emissions from other…

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The sustainable management of agricultural and forestry systems is the only production activity capable of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, incorporating it permanently into soils and plants, thus compensating for residual CO2 emissions from other production sectors as well. The implementation of sustainable carbon cycles is therefore central to achieving the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality objective.

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It is noted that fertilisers are among the products falling within the scope of the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism. The EU is heavily dependent on fertiliser imports from third countries, where there is a sharp rise in prices that agricultural producers have to bear.

In line with the current provisions of the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD), Member States may apply a level of taxation down to zero to energy products and electricity used in the agriculture, horticulture, and forest sectors/activities. Confagricoltura asks for the current derogations concerning the levels of taxation to be maintained.

Confagricoltura welcomes the Commissions proposal for a regulation on plants obtained through some new genomic techniques (NGTs). The initiative defines rules adapted to new genomic techniques, simplifying the authorisation procedures and risk assessment requirements for GMOs, while at the same time overcoming legislation on transgenic organisms, which is not adequate for the varieties of plants and products…

Affinché il potenziale delle nuove tecniche genomiche si traduca in benefici concreti per l'intera filiera agroalimentare, è condizione necessaria che il quadro normativo sia armonizzato, proporzionato e di agevole applicazione.

As you know, the Nitrates Directive needs to be updated, especially in relation to the technical and scientific novelty that has been in recent years in relation to the production of new fertilising materials and their distribution techniques.

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1. Date of application too restrictive (1 January 2026) Unsuitable timelines: The date has been brought into line with Regulation (EC) No 2023/564 on the electronic register of farmers, but the revision of Regulation (EC) No 547/2011 is still under discussion, making this deadline unrealistic. Impacts on the supply chain: Industry and farmers should quickly adapt to significant label changes (e.g.

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