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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8649

20 February 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmos
Council stance expected on NK 603 maize given differences between experts - France and Portugal change sides

Brussels, 19/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - Member State experts did not manage, on Wednesday, to agree about whether to authorise or to ban imports into Europe of NK 603 maize, which is genetically modified by the American agri-food group, Monsanto, although France and Portugal did change sides. This new hitch for the European Commission and its allies, applauded by environmental protectionists, confirms that the de facto moratorium honoured by the EU since 1999 on imports of new GMOs is not to...

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