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Implementing an EU opt-in mechanism for GM crop cultivation

Eriksson, Dennis; Sagi, Laszlo; Schiemann, Joachim; Twardowski, Tomasz; Vanek, Tomas; de Andrade, Eugenia; Bohanec, Borut; Chatzopoulou, Sevasti; Defez, Roberto; Eriksson, Nelida Leiva; van der Meer, Piet; van der Meulen, Bernd; Ritala, Anneli

Abstract

The cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in the EU remains a highly polemic issue. The only GM crop event that is currently authorised is the insect‐resistant maize “MON810”. The GM potato variety “Amflora” with improved tuber starch composition was approved for cultivation in 2010, but later withdrawn. One of the main reasons that not more GM crops are authorised for cultivation is a regulatory gridlock with a recurring inability to reach a qualified majority in the designated committee for either approval or rejection.

Keywords

GMO; GM crops; EU; regulations; legislation

Published in

EMBO Reports
2019, Volume: 20, number: 5, article number: e48036

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Law (excluding Law and Society)
    Agricultural Science

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201948036

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/100406