Friends of the Earth Europe

EU Legislative Interests

Trade: - EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement - The modernisation process of the Energy Charter Treaty Corporate Accountability: - UN Treaty to regulate transnational corporations and other businesses with respect to human rights - EU corporate due diligence agenda related to human rights, the environment and climate and access to justice for victims of corporate violations - Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence and amending directive Transparency and Corporate Capture : - Revision of the transparency register - Balance and proactive publication of Commission meetings - Fossil Free Politics - Ongoing implementation of the 2017 Code of Conduct for Members of the European Parliament with respect to financial interests and conflicts of interest - Ongoing implementation of 2014 European staff regulations - Ongoing implementation of the 2018 Code of Conduct for Commissioners GMOs and Pesticides: - Directive on the release of GMO cultivation - Directive on sustainable use of pesticides - GM food and Feed Regulation - Upcoming legislation new genomic techniques Biodiversity: - EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020 - Birds Directive - Habitats Directive - Water Framework Directive - EU action plan on Biodiversity Farm-To-Fork Strategy Common Agricultural Policy: EU Regulation on the financing, management and monitoring of the CAP; EU Regulation establishing rules on support for national CAP strategic plans, EU Regulation on the common organisation of the agricultural markets; 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products; 251/2014 on geographical indications for aromatised wine products; and 228/2013 laying down measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the EU. Regulation on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation Climate justice and energy: - Revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive - EU 2030 climate and energy targets - Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 - Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (RES Directive) - State Aid guidelines - Market Design Initiative and Directive - Just transition - Energy democracy - Renovation wave - Self initiative report on energy efficiency of buildings - Transposition process of the Renewable Energies Directive II - The climate law - Regulation on Enhancing solidarity through better coordination of gas purchases, exchanges of gas across borders and reliable price benchmarks -Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices - Council Regulation on coordinated demand-reduction measures for gas (Save for Safe Winter) - Proposal for a regulation on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector - Directive concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas - Regulation on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks - EU Save Energy Communication - EU External Energy Engagement Strategy - EU Solar Strategy - Amendments to Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives - Recommendation on permitting procedures and Power Purchase Agreements - Guidance on permitting procedures and Power Purchase Agreements - Regulation establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility - Proposal for a Regulation on REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans Resource justice: - A new Circular Economy Action Plan: For a cleaner and more competitive Europe - Critical Raw Materials Resilience: Charting a Path towards greater Security and Sustainability - General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030

Communication Activities

The latest information on our communication activities and our publications can be found on our website www.foeeurope.org. A comprehensive list of our staff can be found at: https://friendsoftheearth.eu/who-we-are/

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

Friends of the Earth Europe unites 32 national organisations with thousands of local groups and is part of the world's largest grassroots environmental network, Friends of the Earth International. In Europe, two countries have more than one member group: - Belgium: FoE in Wallonia and FoE Flanders and Brussels - United Kingdom: FoE England Wales and Northern Ireland and FoE Scotland Furthermore, Friends of the Earth Europe is a member of a large number of formal networks, alliances and coalitions, such as the Green 10, the Alliance for Lobby Transparency and Ethic Regulation (ALTER-EU), the Fossil Free Politics (FFP), Coalition for Sustainable EU Funds, European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ), OECDWatch, European Environmental Citizens Organization for Standardisation (ECOS), Seattle to Brussels Network (S2B), Sustainable Food and Farming Platform, Coalition for Energy Savings, Climate Action Network (CAN), Right to Energy.

Organisation Members

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Additional Information

The funding we receive is not entirely spent on lobbying. Therefore the numbers do not reflect Friends of the Earth Europe's lobbying capacity.