GMO
approvals and applications Seeds Coexistence Legislation
Background
Overview:
European Commission (March 2007)
Questions and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU (in
English, French and German)
European Commission, DG Sanco (ongoing)
Overview
of authorised GM food and feed and pending approvals under different legislations
(in English, French and German)
European
Food Safety Authorit (EFSA), Panel on genetically modified organisms (ongoing)
Scientific
Panel on genetically modified organisms
The Panel
on genetically modified organisms carries out risk assessment of GMOs
for food and feed and co-ordinates the risk assessment for cultivation
of GMOs under Directive 2001/18/EC and Regulation 1829/2003 in order to
prepare Commission proposals for their approval or rejection. It is comprised
of 20 scientists from 13 member states.
Introduction
paper on EFSA and GMOs
EU Joint Research Centre background pages (ongoing)
Official
EU page on GMO field trials, commercial approvals and marketing applications
under 2001/18
European
Commission (October 2006)
Report
on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European
Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed
European
Commission (July 2006)
Proposal
for a Council Decision concerning the placing on the market of oilseed
rape products (Brassica napus L., lines Ms8, Rf3 and Ms8xRf3) genetically
modified for tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium (Bayer,
for feed only, including monitoring of containment)
European Commission
(March 2006)
Draft
report on member states implementation of Directive 2001/18 on the deliberate
release of GMOs
European
Commission (June 24th 2005)
Commission
reaction and details on Council vote to maintain national bans of GMO
European
Commission (March 2007)
Questions and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU (in English,
French and German)
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (ongoing)
Section on genetically modified food and feed & environmental risk
Seeds 
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Listing
of GMO varieties in the European Unions Common Seed catalogue
European
Commission, DG Environment (2005)
General
reply to petitions on the establishment of labelling thresholds for GM
traces in other products
Internal
proposal of Commissioner Margot Wallström (April 2004, rejected September
2004)
Draft
Commission decision establishing minimum thresholds for adventitious or
technically unavoidable traces
of genetically modified
seeds in other products
The
proposed legislation which would allow for contamination of all conventional
and organic seeds with GMOs
between 0.3% and 0.5%.
First
Proposal of Commissioner David Byrne Directorate General for consumer
protection (September 2003, withdrawn)
Draft EU Commission Directive on the adventitious presence of GMO in non-GM
seed varieties
Different seed Directives the
draft Directive above refers to and amends:
beet fodder
plant cereals potatoe oil
and fibre plants vegetables
Danish
submission and discussion in the Council of Agricultural Ministers on
seed purity standards (April 2004)
Excerpts
from the Commissions internal note with regard to labelling thresholds
in seeds with comments from Save our Seeds (January 2004)
Scientific
Committee on Plants (13. March 2001, confirmed January 2003)
Opinion
of the Scientific Committee on Plants concerning the adventitious presence
of GM seeds in conventional seeds
Standing
Committee on Seeds and Plants (ongoing)
Short
Minutes of the Standing Committee on Agricultural, Horticultural and Forestry
Seeds and Plants
EU
Interim measures for monitoring seed imports for the adventitious presence
of GM seeds in conventional seeds (adopted 2000)
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EU
Commission, DG Agriculture homepage on co-existence (ongoing)
Co-Extra
homepage (ongoing)
edited by scientists and PR partners with support of the EU Commission,
Conference "Co-existence of genetically modified,
conventional and organic crops – freedom of choice" 4-6 April
2006
Full Conference proceedings including speeches of Commissioners, Austrian
Presidency, ministers, MEPs and presentations of experts and stakeholders
Communcation
of the Commission, 9 March 2006, Report on the implementation of national
measures on the coexistence
of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming
An overview of national laws, regulations and measures including the EU
Commissions points of view (available
in all languages on the co-existence web-site of the Commission)
Commission
Decision of 21 June 2005 establishing a network group for the exchange
and coordination of information concerning coexistence of genetically
modified, conventional and organic crops, 2005/464/EC (Official
Journal in all languages, page 50)
Report
from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament
on the experience
of member states with GMOs placed on the market under Directive 2001/18/EC
(August 2004)
Annex
to the report with tables on measures of implementation of 2001/18
in member states
European
Economic and Social Committee (December 2004)
Opinion
on Coexistence
between genetically modified crops, and conventional and organic crops
Initiative
Report includes all working documents and conference presentations of
the Committee
European
Parliament (December 2003)
Resolution
on coexistence between genetically modified crops and conventional and
organic crops (2003/2098(INI))
Agricultural
Commissioner Franz Fischler (23 July 2003)
Guidelines
for the development of national strategies and best practices to ensure
the co-existence of genetically
modified crops
with conventional and organic farming
A legally
non-binding list of considerations member states should take into account
(in all member state languages)
Agricultural
Commissioner Franz Fischler (5. March 2003)
Communication
to the Commission on Co-existence of Genetically Modified, Conventional
and Organic Crops (pdf)
same
document in rtf format
An
outline of the EU Commissions concept how not to regulate issues of liability,
contamination and segregation at EU level,
but leave
it to individual member states.
DG
Research, "Round Table" on Co-existence of GM and non-GM crops
(24. April 2003)
Presentations
and Conclusions
Directorate-General
for Agriculture (March 2000)
Economic
Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops on the Agri-Food Sector
EU
Joint Research Centre (May 2002)
Scenarios
for co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops
in European agriculture
Basic
scientific document on co-existence
Presentations
of Members of the JRC Study Group:
Computer
models of co-existence, Nathalie Colbach, INRA (powerpoint)
Economic Scenarios, John Kilpatrick, ADAS (pdf)
The
UK experience, Jeremy Sweet, NIAB
European
Environment Agency (March 2002)
Genetically
modified organisms: The significance of gene flow through pollen transfer
A
review and interpretation of published literature and recent/current research
from the ESF ‘Assessing the Impact of GM Plants’ (AIGM) programme
for the European Science
Foundation and the European Environment Agency
Legislation to
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2001/18:
Deliberate release into the environment
European Parliament and Council (March 2001)
Directive
2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically
modified organisms and repealing
Council Directive 90/220/EEC
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Second report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the experience of Member States with GMOs placed on the market under Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. (March 2007)
EFSA Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms
1829/2003: Food
and Feed approvals (including for cultivation)
European Parliament
and Council (September 2003, Official Journal Oct 18 2003)
European
Parliament and Council regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genetically modified
food and feed
Standing Committee on the Food Chain (minutes, 24 September 2004)
European Parliament and Council ( 27 January 1997) - Replaced by 1829/2003 but still applied to some pending approvals
1830/2003: Labelling and traceability
European
Parliament and Council (September 2003, Official Journal Oct 18 2003)
Regulation
(EC) No 1830/2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically
modified organisms and
the traceability of food and
feed products produced from genetically modified organisms
European Commission (2004)
and material produced from genetically modified organisms as or in products in the context of Regulation (EC)
No 1830/2003European Commission (January 2004)
identifiers for genetically modified organismsEU Joint Research Centre background pages (ongoing)
1946/2003: Biosafety Protocol - transboundary movement
European Parliament and Council (15 July 2003)
Regulation
(EC)No 1946/2003 on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms
(implementing the
International Cartagena Protocol
on Biosafety)
Background
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European Parliament -
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development November 2006
Draft
Report on Biotechnology: Prospects and Challenges for Agriculture in Europe
EU Commission (May 2006)
REPORT
on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 concerning the traceability
and labelling of genetically modified organisms
Joint Research Centre,
Institute for prospective technological studies, End 2005 - April 2007
The
biotechnology for Europe study
A European study on Consequences, opportunities and challenges of modern
biotechnology for Europe with opportunities for "stakeholder input"
EU Commission and EFSA,
February 2006
Eurobarometer
on Risk perception in Food
According to this EU wide poll GMOs rank among the top concerns of Europeans
regarding food safety
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Mission to the EU, March 2005
Recent Biotech Developments in the EU 2005
An overview on the regulatory developments and the new Commissions GMO
policy with list of all pending GMO approvals and their GMO status
Submission of the European Communities to the WTO
panel in the case of USA et. al vs. EU on GMO approvals (July 2004)
Measures
Affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products
defends national bans on GMOof member states and precautionary approach
of the Community (112 legal pages)
European Commission, from
the President in association with Mrs Wallström, Mr Byrne, Mr Fischler,
Mr Lamy, Mr Liikanen and
Mr Busquin (January 2004)
Communication for an orientation debate on Genetically Modified Organisms
and related issues
Internal
Information Note of the Commission in support of this Communication (2
MB)