Luxembourg, 12/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Land of High-Austria has criticised the Commission's refusal to allow it to ban the use of GMOs on its territory for three years. It has taken its appeal before the Court of First Instance of the EU. At the same time, Austria has taken the same appeal before the European Court of Justice.
The Austrian authorities had notified that Commission of their intention to ban GMOs, and the Commission rejected this request (see EUROPE of 3 September 2003)....