EU Council Votes On Two GMO Proposals
February 23, 2007| |
The European Union’s (EU) Environmental Council rejected the Commission’s request to have Hungary lift its illegal ban on the cultivation of EU-approved genetically modified crops. EuropaBio, Europe’s association of bioindustries, said that this move “denied the freedom of choice to Hungarian farmers who want to grow insect protected maize crops”.
The European Commission had asked the Council to overturn the Hungarian ban on the genetically-modified maize seed that has repeatedly been pronounced safe after rigorous and protracted EU reviews, EuropaBio added.
In the case of a genetically modified carnation, the Council did not find the required majority for or against the proposal to authorize placing the GM carnation on the market for import and retailing.
EU legislation requires that the Commission take the final decision in cases where the Council fails to reach a qualified majority either for or against Commission proposals in the area of GMOs. This case will therefore go back to the Commission.
Read on for more information at
http://www.europabio.org/articles/PR_ENVI%20Council_Feb%202007_FINAL.doc and
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/69&format=HTML&aged=0
&language=EN&guiLanguage=en.
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