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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11022
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) gmo

Europabio welcomes forthcoming authorisation of Pioneer TC maize

Brussels, 19/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - Although the European Commission's intention to authorise cultivation of TC 1507 maize by Pioneer-DuPont in the near future, despite the political opposition of 19 member states of the EU, have come under fire, the biotechnologies industry has welcomed the move. It sees it as a step towards putting an end to the long delays in authorisation procedures for GMOs in Europe, despite EU legislation (Directive 2001/18/EC, which lays down the procedure for...

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