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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11781
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Gmos

MEPs oppose authorisation of transgenic based maize and cotton products

The European Commission project for authorising GMO’s is taking on another guise. For reasons relating to public health protection and the environment, on Thursday 4 May in Brussels, members of the European Parliament’s environment committee vetoed the authorisation to import products containing GMOs that resist certain herbicides.

On the question of products containing the DAS-40278-9 maize resistant to the herbicide 2. D, the rejection was adopted by 35 votes (with 19 against). MEPs...

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BEACONS
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EXTERNAL ACTION
SECTORAL POLICIES
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
NEWS BRIEFS