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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9577

11 January 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmo
France's intention to invoke safeguard clause against MON810 will complicate Commission's task

Brussels, 10/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - France's intention, which was formally announced on 9 January, to notify the European Commission that it would invoke the safeguard clause in order to impose a national moratorium on the GMO crop MON810, which is authorised in the EU, should complicate the European Commission's task in the complex management of the GMO dossier, which is the subject of a complaint filed at the WTO.

MON 810 maize, a product of the American agri-food giant, Monsanto, is...

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