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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8405

21 February 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture council/gmo
Ministers remain cautious on lifting of GMO moratorium

Brussels, 20/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - At Thursday's Agriculture Council, several member states including Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Greece spoke out against any authorisation for new GMO varieties before future regulations on traceability and labelling of these substances (which found political agreement last November and December) have been implemented across the board. Commissioner David Byrne told the Press a special meeting between member state experts and the...

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