Brussels, 11/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - As announced, the European Parliament decided on Tuesday 11 March to reject the proposed regulation on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material (“seed regulation”).
The MEPs' concern is that the text will give the Commission excessive powers and will not leave the member states with any margin to adapt the provisions to their own requirements. Following the Commission's refusal to withdraw its text and propose another, the...