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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10412

6 July 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) ep/gmo
National right, guaranteed and secure, to ban GMO crops

Brussels, 05/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - Yes, member states should have the necessary legal guarantees to enable them to pick and choose on the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), though this must not cause the internal market to unravel. That is the wish of the European Parliament (EP). MEPs said this very clearly (548 votes for to 84 against, with 31 abstentions) in the first reading vote, in Strasbourg on 5 July, on the draft regulation which aims to give EU member states...

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