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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9824

23 January 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmo
Commission proposes authorisation of BT11 and 1507 maize and lifting of national safeguard measures against MON 810 maize

Brussels, 22/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - No ceremony accompanied several important decisions by the European Commission on Wednesday 21 January on genetically modified organisms. Authorisation over the object of the crop has been very controversial and even prevented in certain member states when they were made legal in the EU.

The European Commission has therefore proposed authorisation in the EU of two varieties of the genetically modified maize: BTII Pioneer and Syngenta 1507, which are...

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