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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9173

13 April 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmos
Commission puts forward measures to improve risk assessment by EFSA to reassure Member States and general public about decisions to authorise GMOs

Brussels, 12/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission entered a new phase in its policy to authorise genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the EU. Without actually changing the legal framework, it has published suggestions for improving the scientific consistency and transparency of risk assessment to make the decisions more democratic and transparent and launched a policy debate on Wednesday (see Europe 9172), which convinced all Commissioners that improvements...

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