Brussels, 09/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the European Commission decided to refer a matter, for the second time, to the Council of the EU, to try to oblige six Member States to lift their safeguard measures against genetically modified organisms (GMO) which were legally authorised in the EU at the time when these national measures were adopted.
On the basis of scientific opinions, the Commission had ruled that these national banning measures were unfounded. This is why it took the...