The majority of EU agriculture ministers were in favour, on Tuesday 25 July in Brussels, of the content of the proposal opening the door to the development of new genomic techniques (NGTs). However, some countries have expressed doubts about the proposed text.
France considered that the distinction between two categories of plants in the proposal was “relevant” (see EUROPE B13216A1). The French minister, Marc Fesneau, said that the issue of patents should not be left out of the...