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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8115

17 December 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states
Larson urges for system that guarantees free movement of GMOs and "GMO free" label

Brussels, 17/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission gave rather a cool welcome to the suggestions made last week by the United States with a view to "improving" the Community system in gestation regarding the traceability and the labelling of products likely to contain genetically modified organisms. The system is "impractical, unwieldy, discriminatory and disadvantageous even for Europe", said Alain P. Larson, US Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs,...

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