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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9837

11 February 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmo
Commission suggests Council compel Austria to lift safeguard measures on two authorised GMO crops

Brussels, 10/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 10 February, the European Commission announced it had referred its proposals to the Council of Ministers with a view to forcing Austria to repeal its national measures banning two varieties of genetically modified maize lines on Austrian territory - MON 810 and T25, legally authorised in the EU.

The Commission bases its decision on the scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). On 4 December 2008, EFSA said that...

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