Posts by Gateway Team
The EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030: What It Means for Agriculture
The EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the Nature Restoration Regulation explained: the farmland indicators member states must improve, and what reaches growers and suppliers outside the EU.
Carbon Farming in the EU: Opportunities for Organic Input Suppliers
The EU carbon removals and carbon farming framework explained: the four criteria, the activity types that matter for input supply, and why arid soils change the economics.
The EU Farm to Fork Strategy: What It Commits Member States To
Farm to Fork set five numerical targets for 2030 but creates no direct obligations. What member states are actually required to do, and where the strategy reaches farms and suppliers.
Integrated Pest Management Under EU Rules
Integrated pest management has been a legal obligation for EU professional users since 2014. The eight principles of Annex III, how auditors read them, and what changes in year-round protected cultivation.
The EU MRL Database: How to Look Up a Limit Before You Ship
A practical walkthrough of the EU Pesticides Database: how to find the right maximum residue level, read the residue definition, and avoid the default 0.01 mg/kg trap.
Organic Certification Bodies Recognised by the EU: How to Verify One
How to verify that an organic control body is recognised by the EU: the code number, the scope of recognition, the operator certificate and the certificate of inspection in TRACES.
The EU’s Pesticide Reduction Targets: What They Mean for Global Suppliers
The 50% pesticide reduction targets are policy, not law, and the regulation that would have made them binding was withdrawn. What still affects suppliers outside the EU, and why.
The EU Organic Action Plan: 23 Actions Explained
The EU Organic Action Plan sets out 23 actions across three axes to reach 25% organic farmland by 2030. What it commits to, what it cannot change, and how input suppliers should read it.
Pesticide Formulation Types: A Complete Guide
The two-letter formulation codes explained, with the practical consequences of each format for storage, tank mixing and registration in hot-climate markets.
Regulation (EU) 2018/848: A Practical Guide for Exporters and Input Suppliers
The regulation moved organic imports from equivalence to compliance. What that changes for exporters, and why input suppliers now have a stake in a regime they are not registered under.
How Long Does Registration Take in Egypt? Real Timelines, and What Controls Them
The binding constraint is agronomic, not administrative. Which stages are fixed by the season, which are yours to shorten, and what a late start actually costs.
MRL Compliance for Egyptian Exporters: The Rule That Rejects Compliant Produce
Follow the Egyptian label precisely and still be rejected in Rotterdam. Why registration confers no protection abroad, and what an EU withdrawal does to your limit.
