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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eesc/agriculture

Committee relaunches debate on coexistence of GMOs and conventional and organic crops

Brussels, 06/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The coexistence between genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and conventional and organic crops was the subject of an exchange of views between representatives of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), and of the European Parliament, and experts from the world of agriculture, at a public hearing in Brussels this Monday (see EUROPE of 3 July, p.15). The EESC has prepared an initiative opinion on this subject, for which the rapporteur is...

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