The EU-Commission held an orientation debate about GMO related issues today. The authorisation of 2 new GMOs for use in food and feed will be further pursued in the Council of Ministers. Coexistence measures in member states were discussed and gmo free zones "on a voluntary basis" were accepted. The Commission was also in favour of proposing labelling thresholds for the adventitious presence of GM seeds in non-GM varieties in the near future. An internal note of the Commission reveals its strategy on this.<a href="http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/04/118-0-RAPID&lg=EN">Commission Press Release and Communication of the Commissioners</a><br><a href="http://www.zs-l.de/saveourseeds/downloads/com_inf_note_28_01_04.pdf">Documentation and SOS-Comments on the Commissions internal note regarding labeling thresholds for seeds</a><br><a href="http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=447442&section=news">Reuters: EU backs GM maize</a><br><a href="http://www.zs-l.de/saveourseeds/downloads/gp_com_28_01_04.pdf">Greenpeace comments on the Commissions decisions</a>