On Wednesday 13 September, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled (Case C-111/16) that neither the European Commission nor the member states can adopt emergency measures, such as the ban of genetically modified crops (GMOs), if it is not established that the said product is "evidently" likely to present a serious risk to human health, animal health or the environment.
The CJEU was thus responding to the court of first instance in Udine (Italy) (Tribunale di Udine), which had been...