France is still a long way from introducing legislation to transpose an EU directive on genetically modified (GM) crops into national law. An inquiry to inform French deputies about the effects of GM crops began work last week and is due to present its conclusions in March or April 2005. Legislation would only be drafted thereafter.</p><p><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20041125/02/">The Scientist: Confusion over French GM law</a>