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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7645

31 January 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
European Commission very pleased about Montreal results - Progress on biosafety, GMOs to be regulated

Brussels, 31/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - At the close of the Montreal negotiations, which, on Saturday morning, allowed 130 countries to come to an agreement on a protocol on biosafety allowing a framework to be met, with binding rules, on the cross-border movements of live genetically modified substances, Margot Wallström, European Environment Commissioner did not conceal how pleased she was with this result, which lived up to her hopes. "This is a historic moment and a breakthrough for...

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