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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8698

4 May 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture/gmos
Commission will soon present rules on accidental presence of GMOs in seed

Brussels, 03/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - Under pressure from several Member States, the Commission is planning to soon adopt (likely to be by the end of May) rules for a tolerance level for accidental or technically unavoidable presence of GMOs in traditional or organic seed. The Commission's task is difficult because it involves three directorates general with interests that sometimes diverge; David Burn's (directive on seed); Margot Wallström, environment (directive 2001/18 on the...

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