How to find the relevant institutions in my country?

We cannot fully answer this question at the moment but we have collected some hints. If you know more, please let us know!

 

Biosafety regulatory ministries and institutions
IIn your country there is a ministry in charge of the safety assessment and approval of GMOs. You can find out by checking the OECD database on Biosafety Regulatory developments, which provides a list of regulatory institutions in all countries.

Standing Committee on Seeds
There is a seed regulatory institution, which represents your country in the "Standing Committee on Seeds". It is appointed by the ministry. Below is a participants list of one of the last meetings. We also have collected partial a list of persons attending the Seed Committee, but they may change. Please let us know, if you have newer information.

More information may be available on the activities page of your country.

List of participating institutions of the Standing Committee on Seeds (June 2003)

Belgium
Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Ministère de la Région wallonne
Ministry of Economic Affairs

Czech Republik
Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (ÚKZÚZ)

Denmark
Plantdirektoratet

Germany
Bundessortenamt

Estonia
Estonian Plant Production Inspectorate

Estland
Ministry of Agriculture

Spain
Ministerio de Agricultura Pesca y Alimentacion
Ministerio de Ciencia y Technologia

France
Ministère de l’agriculture et de la pêche
GNIS

Ireland
Department of Agriculture and Food

Italy
Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali
ENSE

Hungary
National Institute for Agricultural Quality Control

Malta
Agricultural Service Laboratories

Netherlands
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
Naktuinbouw

Austria
AGES - Federal Office for Food Safety
BM Land- und Forstwirschaft

Poland
Research Center for Cultivar Testing (COBORU)
Mission of Poland

Portugal
Ministerio de Agricultura

Slovenia
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Food

Finland
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Sweden
Swedish Board of Agriculture

United Kingdom
DEFRA

Norway
Norwegian Agr.Insp.Service/Landbrukstilsnet

Island
Feed, Seed and Fertilizer Inspectorate