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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9241

28 July 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment/gmo/ombudsman
Commission ruled guilty of maladministration for hiding documents from an NGO on scientific concerns about safety of GMOs

Brussels, 27/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - According to European Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros, the European Commission is guilty of maladministration for refusing to pass on documents to the environmental NGO, Friends of the Earth International. The documents in question revealed scientific concerns about the safety of genetically modified (GM) foods. Refused in August 2004, the documents related to the transatlantic trade dispute begun in May 2003 when the United States, Canada and...

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