After fierce dispute with the opposition as well as science and industry lobby, the German Bundestag adopted on Friday a new law on releases of GMOs into the environment as proposed by Agricultural minister Renate Kuenast (Greens). The bill includes strict liability regulations and public registration of all GMO planting and initial co-existence provisions.</p><p><a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/c759b000-3f50-11d9-8198-00000e2511c8.html">Financial Times: German bill lays down strict rules for 'genetic' crops</a></p><p><a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26203881.htm">Reuters: Germany passes strict rules on GM crop cultivation</a></p><p><a href="http://www.verbraucherministerium.de/index-000265812B89107E9DEC6521C0A8D816.html">German Ag ministry: Information on the proposed Amendment to Germany`s Genetic Modification Act</a>