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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8523

20 August 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto
Commission deplores request for WTO panel on GMOs made by United States, Argentina and Canada

Brussels, 19/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission deplores the approach made by the United States, Argentina and Canada, which have called on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to establish a panel in order to verify the legality of European restrictions against genetically modified organisms. The requests, formally presented on Monday to the multilateral dispute settlement body, were blocked by the Union but this has only put the matter off until later. Once renewed, no doubt...

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