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2009-03-02 | permalink
EU upholds Austria, Hungary right to ban GM crops
EU environment ministers gave a stinging rebuff to the European Commission on Monday and upheld the sovereign right of Austria and Hungary to ban growing of genetically modified (GM) maize, the EU presidency said. The Commission, the EU’s executive arm, had wanted the ministers to order both countries to lift the bans within 20 days. EU law provides for national GMO bans under certain circumstances if the government can justify the prohibition. It was the third time the Commission had tried to get Austria’s bans lifted and the second for Hungary.
- Reuters, UK: EU upholds Austria, Hungary right to ban GM crops
- Sofia Echo, Bulgaria: Hungary has Bulgaria’s support in saying no to GMOs
- Friends of the Earth Europe, Belgium: Right to national GMO bans upheld: European Commission defeated
- Greenpeace European Unit, Belgium: Council backs Austrian and Hungarian bans on GM crops
- EuropaBio, Belgium: Why make tough laws on GMOs and then break them?
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2009-03-02 | permalink
EU upholds Austria, Hungary right to ban GM crops
EU environment ministers gave a stinging rebuff to the European Commission on Monday and upheld the sovereign right of Austria and Hungary to ban growing of genetically modified (GM) maize, the EU presidency said. The Commission, the EU’s executive arm, had wanted the ministers to order both countries to lift the bans within 20 days. EU law provides for national GMO bans under certain circumstances if the government can justify the prohibition. It was the third time the Commission had tried to get Austria’s bans lifted and the second for Hungary.
- Reuters, UK: EU upholds Austria, Hungary right to ban GM crops
- Sofia Echo, Bulgaria: Hungary has Bulgaria’s support in saying no to GMOs
- Friends of the Earth Europe, Belgium: Right to national GMO bans upheld: European Commission defeated
- Greenpeace European Unit, Belgium: Council backs Austrian and Hungarian bans on GM crops
- EuropaBio, Belgium: Why make tough laws on GMOs and then break them?
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