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Positions on seed purity and GM labelling thresholds in seeds, overview for Germany

The Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly:
Resolution 1419 on GMOs (January 2005)

The European Committee of the Regions:
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         
European Committee of the Regions: "For seeds and organic farming, the threshold should equate to zero"

The European Parliament:
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"

The Norwegian Minister for Agriculture:
Letter of the Norwegian Minister for Agriculture to the Commission (June 2006)

IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, EU group:
Economic impacts of labelling thresholds for the adventitious presence of genetically engineered organisms in conventional and organic seeds
Seed purity, costs, advantages and risk management for markets avoiding genetically engineered plants, study by Christoph Then / Matthias Stolze, April 2010

The Association of Austrian Farmers Unions:
Letter of the Association of Austrian Farmers Unions to the Commission on Seed purity (July 2004)

The European Farmers Unions COPA/COGECA:
... 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)

The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT):
Position (July 2004)

The EU Regional Group of IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Movements):
The Letter to the Commission on Seed Contamination (March 2004)

Farmers organisations:
Open letter of 60 farmers organisations to the European Commission (July 2004)

Greenpeace International:
Position (2002)

Friends of the Earth Europe:
Position (2003)

The Catholic and Protestant Church Groups in Germany:
Joint position (October 2003)

The European Consumers Association, BEUC:
Position (October 2003)

The European Consumer Cooperatives, Euro-Coop:
Position (2003)

African Seed Trade Association (ASTA):
Position Paper on Coexistance of Genetically Modified and Conventional Seeds (March, 2006)

Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V.:
Stellungnahmen des Bundesverbandes Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V. (2003)

Crop Life International:
Adventitious presence

Europa-Bio (The European Association for Bioindustries):
Coexistence of GM and Non GM Crops (2008)
Europa-Bio brochure (2007)
Position of Europa-Bio (2002)

European Seed Association, ESA:
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)

International Seed Federation (ISF):
Genetically Modified Crops and Plant Breeding (2005)
Co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crop production (2004)
Model for Conditions of Sale Applicable to Seed Lots (May 2002)
Access to Relevant Technology to Test the Adventitious Presence of GM Material in non-GM Seed (May 2002)
Adventitious Presence of GM Material in non-GM Seeds (2001)
Motion on Adventitious Presence of GM Material in non-GM Seeds (2000)

English Nature:
Second Submission by English Nature (August, 2002)
Submission of English Nature (April, 2001)

FiBL, the Swiss Institute for Organic Research:
Position (April, 2002)

Genewatch, UK:
Position of Genewatch, UK (September, 2002)

Freie Hochschule für Geisteswissenschaft Dornach/Schweiz:
Memorandum zur Koexistenz von Gentechnik-Landwirtschaft, konventionellen und ökologischen Betriebsweisen

Foundation on Future Farming:
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)
Memorandum of the Foundation on Future Farming, August 2002 (English)

Swiss-Re:
Position of Swiss-Re on insurability of GMO damage (2003)

British Retail Consortium:
Position of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) on non GM soybean supply (July 2005)

Kampffmeyer Milling Group, Germany:
Position in the debate concerning values for GMO's