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2009-02-17 | permalink
EU foiled in bid to force France, Greece to allow GM crop
The European Commission was foiled Monday in its bid to force France and Greece to allow genetically modified maize from US biotech giant Monsanto to be grown in their fields. Food chain experts from the EU member states, meeting in Brussels, could not reach agreement on whether to back or oppose the French and Greek refusal to allow the maize, which has been given the green light to be grown in Europe. The standing committee on food chain and animal health ”failed to reach a qualified majority in favour or against,” the commission said in a statement.
- Agence France Presse, France: EU foiled in bid to force France, Greece to allow GM crop
- European Voice, Belgium: French and Greek GM bans remain
- Nature News, UK: European disarray on transgenic crops
- EurActiv, Belgium: EU fails to lift French, Greek GM crop bans
- Greenpeace European Unit, Belgium: Greenpeace reaction to the standing committee vote on French and Greek national bans on MON810 GM maize
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2009-02-17 | permalink
EU foiled in bid to force France, Greece to allow GM crop
The European Commission was foiled Monday in its bid to force France and Greece to allow genetically modified maize from US biotech giant Monsanto to be grown in their fields. Food chain experts from the EU member states, meeting in Brussels, could not reach agreement on whether to back or oppose the French and Greek refusal to allow the maize, which has been given the green light to be grown in Europe. The standing committee on food chain and animal health ”failed to reach a qualified majority in favour or against,” the commission said in a statement.
- Agence France Presse, France: EU foiled in bid to force France, Greece to allow GM crop
- European Voice, Belgium: French and Greek GM bans remain
- Nature News, UK: European disarray on transgenic crops
- EurActiv, Belgium: EU fails to lift French, Greek GM crop bans
- Greenpeace European Unit, Belgium: Greenpeace reaction to the standing committee vote on French and Greek national bans on MON810 GM maize
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