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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10901
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) gmo

French moratorium on MON 810 maize lifted by State Council

Brussels, 01/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - The emergency measures decided by France in 2012 banning crops of genetically modified maize, Monsanto's MON 810, on its territory has been cancelled, it was learned on Thursday 1 August. The French Council of State annulled the decree of 16 March 2012 suspending the growing of GMO seed varieties as it felt that there were not sufficient grounds for the safeguard clause invoked. The French government nonetheless immediately announced that it would...