ELO

ELO welcomes the opportunity to comment on the technical screening criteria of the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act, as an effort to make it a more effective and accessible tool for boosting decarbonisation, the bioeconomy, and attracting investments for sustainable forest management.

The European Landowners Organization (ELO) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to simplify the regulatory framework governing organic production. Organic farming represents one important pathway towards sustainable agriculture in the European Union, contributing to environmental protection, biodiversity and soil health.

The European Landowners Organization (ELO) welcomes the European Unions commitment to biodiversity protection, climate resilience and sustainable land management. However, the cumulative implementation of EU environmental legislation has increasingly exposed a widening disconnect between high-level policy ambitions and the operational realities faced by landowners, farmers, foresters and rural entrepreneurs.

The ELO welcomes the revision of the Nitrated Directive to allow for the widespread use of Renure fertilisers. Revision of regulation to integrate research developments should be a basic approach to good legislation. This is also an important step to improve circularity and efficiency, reduce dependence on imported fertilisers and improve farm economics.

The ELO welcomes the aim of having high-quality and timely data, particularly in the face of climate change and the need to provide tools and information to landowners and land managers to prepare our forests for the future.

ELO welcomes the Commissions mid-term evaluation and the opportunity to contribute with evidence gathered through direct consultations with farmers across Member States. This submission focuses on the practical effects of Regulation (EU) 2024/1468 and the broader simplification agenda on farm-level administrative burden. Please find enclosed the detailed feedback.