International Biocontrol Manufacturers' Association
IBMA
BIOLOGY FIRST TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A SUSTAINABLE WORLD.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Eric Sargiacomo (Member of the European Parliament)
3 Oct 2025 · Bioncontrôle
Meeting with Cristina Maestre (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Sept 2025 · Biocontrol
Meeting with Flavio Facioni (Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi) and #SustainablePublicAffairs
2 Jul 2025 · Biocontrol solutions
Meeting with Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen) and #SustainablePublicAffairs
18 Jun 2025 · Measures needed to accelerate the authorisation of biocontrol in the EU, including potential EFSA configurations to increase biocontrol's availability in the EU market
Meeting with Benoit Cassart (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
11 Jun 2025 · Biocontroles
Meeting with Gabriela Tschirkova (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)
19 Mar 2025 · Simplification
Meeting with Eric Thévenard (Head of Unit Health and Food Safety)
13 Mar 2025 · EFSA role in improving access to market for biocontrol
Meeting with Catherine Geslain-Laneelle (Director Agriculture and Rural Development)
11 Mar 2025 · Exchange on view on the Vision on Agriculture and Food
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
27 Feb 2025 · Biotech
Meeting with Antonella Rossetti (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen), Maxi Espeter (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen)
27 Feb 2025 · Biocontrol legislation
Meeting with Olivia Gippner (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)
26 Feb 2025 · The role of biofertilizers and related products in the transition to climate neutrality
Meeting with Alvydas Stancikas (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
4 Feb 2025 · Collect stakeholders input for the SMET project on authorisation of biosolutions
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
31 Jan 2025
Meeting with Eric Thévenard (Head of Unit Health and Food Safety)
30 Jan 2025 · Future regulatory activities regarding biocontrol products
Meeting with Majdouline Sbai (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Oct 2024 · Vision mandat
Meeting with Eric Sargiacomo (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Jul 2024 · Biocontrol
Response to Evaluation of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 2017-2024
8 Apr 2024
Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
12 Dec 2023 · Sustainable use of pesticides
Meeting with Maria Arena (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
7 Sept 2023 · Biocontrol
Meeting with Giorgos Rossides (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides), Roberto Reig Rodrigo (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides)
18 Jan 2023 · VTC meeting on the proposal for a regulation on the sustainable use of plant-protection products (SUR)
Meeting with Jan Huitema (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
16 Nov 2022 · Sustainable use of plant protection products
Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
15 Nov 2022 · Sustainable use of pesticides
Meeting with Sarah Wiener (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
10 Oct 2022 · staff only: role of biopesticides, SUR
Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
23 Feb 2022 · Reducing the use and risk of chemical pesticides
Meeting with Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski), Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)
16 Feb 2022 · Biocontrol and importance for sustainable agriculture
Meeting with Roberto Reig Rodrigo (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides)
8 Dec 2021 · VTC Meeting: Revision of the Sustainable Use of pesticides Directive and biocontrols
Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
7 Oct 2021 · Biopesticides
Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
16 Jun 2020 · VC Meeting on Farm to Fork Strategy
Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and
9 Jun 2020 · To discuss bioprotection and organic food production as an element of European Green Deal, possible actions towards the sustainable and restorative agriculture.
Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
15 Apr 2020 · Green Deal
Response to EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy
19 Jan 2020
Meeting with Anne Bucher (Director-General Health and Food Safety)
28 Jun 2019 · Low-risk biological PPPs