Von:	Benedikt Haerlin [haerlin@zs-l.de]
Gesendet:	Freitag, 7. August 2009 10:57
An:	k.ermer@saveourseeds.org
Betreff:	FW: Seed evaluation von DG Sanco
Anlagen:	GM_Seiten aus s_pm_evaluation_finalreport_en.pdf



-----Original Message-----
From: Benedikt Haerlin [mailto:haerlin@zs-l.de]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:09 PM
To: 'gentechnikfreie-saat@gmx.de'
Subject: Seed evaluation von DG Sanco

Hi Siggi,
Trag ich Eulen nach Athen und hab das nur nicht mitbekommen?
Hier meine quick and dirty Auswertung der Evaluation (gmo lastig) des 
Saatgutrechts. 
Seit Ihr zu der stakeholder conference eingeladen?
Hab einiges Interessantes gefunden und denke es sollte verbreitet werden...
Ciao Benny


3. Information about the progress of the evaluation The final report has been 
submitted to the Commission and has been accepted by DG SANCO. The texts of 
the report, its annexes and its executive summary have been published on 
SANCO’s website. A brief presentation of the results of the evaluation has 
been made to the Council on 4 December. This presentation (in
power-point) will be placed on CIRCA, together with the direct hyperlink to 
the evaluation web-pages. A stakeholder conference on the results of the 
evaluation will be organised on 18 March 2009. By June 2009, the action plan 
for the review of the legislation on the marketing of seed and propagating 
material should be ready for adoption by the SANCO management. The target 
timing for a Commission proposal for a revised legislation is set at the end 
of 2010.

http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/propagation/evaluation/index_en.htm


Paar Auszüge:

The majority of stakeholders consulted ask for the establishment of a minimum 
threshold for the adventitious presence of genetically modified organisms in 
non GM seed to solve the problem of the zero tolerance that is set by the 
current legislation.

To explicity mention in the certification provisions the control of GM 
varieties and the adventitious GM presence in non-GM seed. The FCEC considers 
that this option is quite easy to implement and short-term;

The responses from the qualitative survey (Q 1.1.4. n=156) indicate that 65% 
of respondents consider that the Community legislation on authorisation of 
GMO’s has had a negative impact on the free marketing of S&PM, mainly because 
of the lack of thresholds for the adventitious presence of GMOs in non-GM seed 
lots. When considering the group ‘Suppliers active in the seed sector’, this 
proportion increases to 91% (n=66).


Annex:
3.3.2. When compared to the marketing of conventional or GM varieties, the 
marketing of the conservation varieties is clearly different in socio- 
economic and genetic diversity terms. The evaluation should address the 
specific needs of these threatened varieties and species of seeds with a high 
genetic value that need appropriate In situ and ex situ conservation actions. 
Equally, the evaluation should look into the impact of the cultivation of GM 
seed crops.