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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8077

24 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
No comment from first meeting of GMO working group on lifting of moratorium in near future

Brussels, 23/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission's desire to see the de facto moratorium on authorising the marketing of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by 2003 does not look as though it is likely to be granted at this stage. At the national experts' working group, set by the Commission to advise it on the complex issues surrounding GMOs, the status quo reigns supreme. Meeting for the first time in Brussels last week to give its opinion on whether or not the moratorium...

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