Unless stopped by a 2/3 majority in the second chamber of the Laender the revised German law adopted by the Bundestag in June would not make it easy to release GMOs for agricultural purposes in the future. Provisions on liability could stop farmers from using and companies from selling GM crops in Germany, according to the national farmers union as well as the insures association and major seed companies.</p><p><a href="http://www.bio-markt.info/index.php?action=,45,,31,33,,44,,_n191__">BIO-Markt.info: New German genetic engineering law and reactions</a></p><p><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040628/02/">The Scientists: German law may stifle science</a>