Brussels, 09/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - Greenpeace, the fervent adversaries of genetically modified organisms has praised the decision of the Prodi Commission to defer its proposal for the 0.3% tolerance threshold for accidental or technically unavoidable contamination of conventional or organic seed (EUROPE yesterday p 9). Eric Gall, policy advisor of Greenpeace Europe said that it was excellent that the Commission had recognised that its proposal was not well prepared. He also said that it was a wise decision to leave it to the new Commission to look at the whole of the question again with regard to contamination (by GMOs - editor's note) and co-existence (of GMO and non-GMO crops). Gall said that they would be calling on the new Commissioners to act more responsibly in establishing labelling for the lowest levels of GMO detection so that consumers' freedom of choice was guaranteed. The NGO was pleased that the spectre of "generalised legalisation of contaminated traditional seed, without labelling".