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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8790

22 September 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmos
Member States do not give views on proposal to approve imports of Monsanto's GMO Mon 863 maize corn, as they await results of complementary EFSA study

Brussels, 21/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - Once again it came as no surprise that EU Member States were not willing on Monday to give their support to a Commission proposal aimed at approving the marketing of a new GMO in the EU: - Mon 863, the genetically modified maize corn by the American group, Monsanto. The GMO was notified by German authorities (which received the initial request) to the European Commission in February 2003 with a view to its importation into the EU for processing and food...

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