Positions on seed purity and GM labelling thresholds in seed
SOS-Memorandum
on the Commissions proposed GMO Seed Directive (September 2003) German
version
SOS-Memorandum
on the co-existence of GM, conventional and organic crops (March 2003)
Governments and elected bodies
Opinion
on implementation of national measures concerning the coexistence of genetically
modified crops with conventional and organic farming (December 2006)
see item 6 - in all languages 
English version direct
European Committee of the Regions: "For
seeds and organic farming, the threshold should equate to zero"
Letter
of the Norwegian Minister for Agriculture to the Commission (June 2006)
Council
of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Resolution 1419 on GMOs (January 2005)
Opinion
on Coexistence
between genetically modified crops, and conventional and organic crops
Initiative
Report of the European Economic and Social Committee (December 2004)
Report
on coexistence between genetically modified crops and conventional and
organic crops, 2003/2098(INI)
Initiative of the European Parliament
demanding "to stipulate the labelling of GMOs in seed at the
technically measurable and reliable detection threshold on the basis of
Article 21(2) of Directive 2001/18/EC"
Farmers organisations and unions
Positions of the European Farmers Unions COPA/COGECA (available in eng,
fr, d, it)
...
on the proposed seed legislation (March 2002)
... on the Commissions communication regarding coexistence of GM and non-GM
farming (May 2003)
...
on the new proposed seed legislation (March 2004, French only)
IFOAM
letter to the Commission on Seed contamination (March 2004)
Position
of EFFAT, The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade
Unions (July 2004)
Open
letter of 60 farmers organisations to the European Commission (July 2004)
Letter
of the association of Austrian Farmers Unions to the Commission on Seed
purity (July 2004)
Non governmental organisations
Position
of Greenpeace International (2002)
Position
of Friends of the Earth Europe (2003)
Position
of the European Consumer Cooperatives, Euro-Coop (2003)
Position
of the European Consumers Association, BEUC (October 2003)
Joint
position of catholic and protestant church groups in Germany (Oct 2003)
Seed Industry
International Seed
Federation (ISF):
Model
for Conditions of Sale Applicable to Seed Lots ( May 2002)
Co-existence
of genetically modified, conventional and organic crop production (2004)
Access
to Relevant Technology to Test the Adventitious Presence of GM Material
in non-GM Seed (May 2002)
Motion
on Adventitious Presence of GM Material in non-GM Seeds (2000)
Position
of the European Seed Growers Group
Position
of the European Seed Association, ESA (2002)
... ESA contribution to the
Draft Commission Decision ... establishing minimum thresholds for adventitious
or
technically unavoidable traces of genetically modified seeds in other
products (April 2004)
Stellungnahmen
des Bundesverbandes Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V.
Position
of Europa-Bio (European biotech industries) (2002)
Europa-Bio
brochure 2007
Crop
Life International: Aventitious presence
Scientific organisations and bodies
Submission
of English Nature Second
Submission by English Nature, August 2002
Position
of FiBL, the Swiss Institute for Organic Research
The
Independent Science Panel: Levels of GM Contamination in Seeds (Sept 2004)
Memorandum
of the Foundation on Future Farming, August 2002 (English)
Companies
Position
of Swiss-Re on insurability of GMO damage (2003)
Position
of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) on non GM soybean supply (July
2005)
Position
of Kampffmeyer milling group, Germany