The European Parliament confirmed its support for the deregulation of patented GMOs/NGTs, and opened the door to their dissemination without any traceability through the regulation on seeds marketing
NGTs
Is the EU Commission NGTs deregulation proposal science based?
At the end of last year, the French Agency for Food Safety, Environment and Labour Protection (ANSES) published a statement on the EU Commission’s deregulation proposal for new genomic techniques expressing doubts on its scientific basis.
Read the ANSES opinion in English on their website.
Policymakers should respect the organic movement’s choice on NGTs
Read more on the organic sector position against NGTs and their appeal to MEPs and Member States to regulate these new GMOs.
Comprendre les nouveaux OGM pour mieux les réguler
Webinar in French
10th GMO-Free Europe Conference
A two-day event that aims to discuss the European Commission’s proposed legislation on “new techniques in biotechnology”
Genetic engeneering endangers the protection of species
In view of the upcoming EU proposal of updated rules on plants produced with New Genomic Techniques (NGTs, NBTs), Test Biotech released in 2020 report: “Genetic engeneering endangers the protection of species”.
An evening with Vandana Shiva
A discussion of the possible impacts of the proposed changes in the EU seed marketing and GMO legislations on our food, health, rights and the environment
New GMOs, seed marketing: two reforms threaten peasants’ rights
The European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) organises a hybrid event to discuss the potential implications on peasants' rights of two legislative proposals that are on the agenda of the College of European Commissioners on 7th June 2023: the exclusion of New...
New Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
This hybrid event organised online and in Brussels by MEP Martin Häusling and MEP Anja Hazekamp of the Greens/EFA and the Institut für unabhängige Folgenabschätzung in der Biotechnologie will discuss the lessons learned from the EFSA & EU-Commission consultations...
