Brussels, 27/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Commission adopted its proposals to request the Council of the EU to lift the safeguard measures of five Member States (Austria, Germany, France, Greece and Luxembourg), which have banned the importation, processing and growing of certain varieties of genetically modified seeds, even though these are authorised under Community legislation.
The seeds in question are T25 and MON 810 maize (Austria), Bt176 maize (Austria, Germany,...