Luxembourg, 16/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Court of Justice has found Germany guilty to failing to adopt within the required deadline (17 October 2002) Directive 2001/18/EC of 12 March 2001 on the voluntary release of genetically modified organisms into the environment (the directive in question replaces a 1990 Council directive).
The European judges rejected the German government's arguments that the Commission had launched legal proceedings knowing full well that Germany was in...