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02.10.2004 | permalink
EU-commissioner designate for Environment vows for 0,1% seed purity thresholds
"Personally" he was in favour of seed purity standards at the detection level of 0,1% Stavros Dimas, who will be in charge of proposing GM seed labelling legislation soon, told members of the European Parliament at his inaugural hearing. He said "We should stick to your position, the position of this commitee, 0,1%, detection level".</p><p><a href="http://www2.europarl.eu.int/omk/sipade2?PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT PRESS NR-20040929-1 0 DOC XML V0//EN">European Parliament: Official report on the hearing</a></p><p><a href="http://www.europarl.eu.int/hearings/commission/2004_comm/default_en.htm">European Parliaments Commission investiture web-page</a>