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CAP towards 2020

08.03.2012» read more

Economic impact assessment on the European GM authorisation “opt-out” proposal

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COCERAL, FEDIOL and FEFAC call upon the Plenary of the European Parliament to reject the Commission proposal allowing Member States to opt-out from the EU GM food and feed authorisation system

On 22 April 2015, the European Commission tabled a proposal to amend the current EU GM authorisation system with the aim to give Member States flexibility to restrict or to ban in their territory the use of GMOs authorised in the EU for food and feed. This proposal is today subject to the ordinary legislative procedure, where both the Council and European Parliament have the right to review the proposal and reach an agreement on it. On 13 October 2015, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI Committee) voted against the adoption of the Commission’s proposal.» read more