On Wednesday 8 February, the EU’s agricultural organisations and cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) welcomed the content of the European Court of Justice’s judgment of the previous day on the status of ‘in vitro’ random mutagenesis under the GMO Directive (2001/18) (see EUROPE B13116A21).
“European agriculture needs to access the benefits of innovation to be more sustainable and achieve the ambition as set out in the European Green Deal”, commented Copa-Cogeca. Plant breeders should be...