In a press release on Thursday 26 July, the French government welcomed the clarification made by the European Court of Justice the previous day in case C-528/16 that GMOs made using new mutagenesis techniques that arose after the GMO directive (2001/18/EC) are subject to the obligations laid down by said European directive (see EUROPE 12070).
The French government welcomed the expected clarification and says the ruling is a key step that will enable courts and the competent authorities to...