European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC)

As farmers face increasing pressuresfrom climate stress to market volatilitythey need access to a broad toolbox of innovative, sustainable solutions. The updated Circular Economy Act (CEA) must support greater market access for circular products, such as specific plant biostimulants, which play a crucial role in helping farmers remain competitive while enhancing resilience and sustainability.

EBIC welcomes the Commissions initiative to update and clarify the rules governing inputs authorised in organic production. Since the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/1165, several provisions (particularly in Annexe II) have proved difficult to interpret, inconsistently applied across Member States, or insufficiently aligned with existing EU fertilising and ABP legislation.

The European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC) welcomes the revision of the EU waste framework and would like to contribute to the call for evidence for an impact assessment of the revision of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) with the comments detailed in the attached document and outlined below.

EBIC is the European Biostimulants Industry Council, the trade association for plant biostimulants in Europe. Founded in 2011, our vision is sustainable agriculture supported by the global adoption of plant biostimulants. We are dedicated to fostering the growth, development and fair regulation of our industry.

The European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop Biotech Act II, which provides an opportunity to ensure that agricultural biotechnology fully contributes to European competitiveness, strategic autonomy, food security, climate resilience, and sustainable growth.

The European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC) welcomes the European Commissions Roadmap towards Nature Credits and submits this response to support the development of a high-integrity, outcome-based framework.

The European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC) welcomes the European Commissions Roadmap towards Nature Credits and submits this response to support the development of a high-integrity, outcome-based framework.

The European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC) acknowledges the huge benefits brought by the Fertilising Products Regulation (FPR) [Regulation (EU) 2019/1009] through the inclusion of plant biostimulants in its scope, by establishing Product Function Category 6 (PFC 6) according to the function(s) of plant biostimulants, and by allowing plant biostimulants to access the Single Market under harmonised rules.

EBIC welcomes the Commission proposal on optional digital labelling. EBIC calls for the introduction of a criterion for professional users versus non-professional users, so that digitisation for products intended for professional users can become a reality. As it stands, the proposal on digital labelling does not go far enough, and most EBIC members would not invest in creating digital labels.

EBIC urges the European Commission to include specific references to the use of plant biostimulants and other fertilising products which directly contribute to enhanced nutrient use efficiency; particularly in the context of the current global food and fertiliser crisis and its wide-ranging and long-term implications for food security.

Please see the contribution from the European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC) in the attached file. In summary, while Regulation (EU) 2019/515 remains a key mandatory EU tool and performs well in certain countries, such cases remain rare, and plant biostimulant manufacturers often give up on making use of the principle and problem-solving procedures in place.

Submitted on behalf of EBIC, ECOFI, COTANCE, and Assofertilizzanti. The draft Delegated Act (Ares(2026)3815505) represents a meaningful step forward by expanding the list of animal by-products (ABPs) permitted as component materials in EU fertilising products.

EBIC supports the objectives of the proposal for a new regulation on Farming statistics – agricultural inputs and outputs (updated rules). It is said that you cannot manage what you don’t measure, so adapting data collection to evolving policy needs and innovation makes sense.

EBIC supports the objectives of the “Strategy for Agricultural Statistics 2020 and beyond”. It is said that you cannot manage what you don’t measure, so adapting data collection to evolving policy needs and innovation makes sense.