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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8026

13 August 2001
(eu) eu/gmo
Commission refers seven Member States to Court of Justice over laboratory use of genetically modified micro-organisms

Brussels, 13/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Commission decided to refer Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, Greece, Spain and Austria to the Court of Justice for not having communicated certain national legislative provisions required to transpose the 1998 Directive on the laboratory use of genetically modified micro-organisms (GMMs). National transposition measures should have been adopted and communicated to the Commission by 5 June 2000 at the latest. France has also...