GMOs: Commission gets thrown against the ropes

摘要

No, the European Commission'srnproposal to let member states decide whether or not to authorise GMOs on their territory does not meet the Council's requirements of December 2008. The environment ministers, meeting on 14 October in Luxembourg, demolished the Commission's proposal, presented on 13 July with the aim of breaking the stalemate on the authorisation of genetically modified organisms. Some delegations admitted that the proposal could be a step forward, but all stressed its ambiguities and weaknesses.