In a working document dated 3 July to be submitted to the Member States at a meeting on 19 July, the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU appears to want to restart the debate on the proposal governing the use of new genomic techniques (NGT).
While only the issue of the patentability of NGT plants seemed to stand in the way, during the last debates, of the EU Council finding a common position on this sensitive issue, Hungary is suggesting that discussions be started up again on a...