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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8567

21 October 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 49
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Commission considers that results from British studies on harm to bio-diversity by two genetically modified crops should not mean halt to plan for lifting moratorium on GMOs

Brussels, 20/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - The recent publication of two new independent studies by British scientists that demonstrate proof of the devastating effects of two genetically modified plants on fauna an flora, has been greeted with noticeable calm by the European Commission. On Monday, the latter explained that this scientific data could on no way undermine the principle of lifting the moratorium, in force in the Union since 1998, on any new authorisation for the marketing of...

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