On Wednesday 5 July, the European Commission presented its proposal, as eagerly awaited as it was dreaded, for a regulation to promote the development of the latest genetic engineering technologies (New Genomic Techniques or NGTs) and to accelerate the marketing of new GMOs derived from them in the EU by means of a simplified authorisation procedure. This would exempt some of them from an in-depth assessment of their risks to health and the environment, from labelling for the end consumer...