Générations Futures analyzes the “Omnibus X” reform proposal and denounces the major setbacks it seeks to impose.
Générations Futures publishes today a complete press dossier on the EU legislative package « Omnibus X – Food and feed » to take stock of the situation and warn of the risks posed by this omnibus bill if it were to be adopted. Presented as a technical reform aimed at streamlining administrative procedures, this proposal from the European Commission actually represents a historic setback for the protection of human health and the environment in the face of the dangers posed by pesticides and biocides.
Ten Omnibus packages with a year: a deregulation machine
Since the 2024 European elections, which resulted in the European Parliament having the most right-wing composition in its history—largely due to an exceptional surge in support for the far right—the European Commission has proposed ten “Omnibus packages” in less than a year. These texts, presented as mere administrative streamlining measures, simultaneously amend several existing regulations and directives without any health or environmental impact assessment. The Omnibus X, which focuses on food safety and animal feed, could have particularly far-reaching consequences. Générations Futures analyzes and breaks it down in detail in its press dossier. We oppose all the setbacks we are seeing, and we insist that the concrete consequences of this proposed reform be explicit and fully understood by all stakeholders. In particular, we highlight the numerous legal ambiguities in this hastily drafted text, which open the door to arbitrary decisions.
Unlimited approval for pesticides: a major and dramatic shift
The flagship—and most dangerous—provision of Omnibus X is the elimination of the procedure for the periodic review of pesticides and biocides substances. Currently, these substances are authorized for a maximum period of 15 years, after which they are…
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