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19 EU countries seek to block GM crop cultivation
BC, Vilnius, 05.10.2015.
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Print version19 out of the EU's 28 countries have filed the necessary paperwork under new rules that make it easier for governments to ban genetically modified (GM) organisms or block the cultivation of GM crops on their territory, EU Commission spokesperson Enrico Brivio said on October 4th, cites LETA/DPA.
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They include Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, and Slovenia, while Germany has requested a more limited opt-out that allows for GM research.
Belgium and Britain, meanwhile, have asked for the opt-out to apply to only parts of their territory: the region of Wallonia for Belgium and Scotland, Wales and northern Ireland in the case of Britain.
GM companies now have one month to state their opinion on the national opt-out requests, but governments will have the ultimate say on whether to ban a crop or not.
Under the new rules, member states can ban EU-approved GM crops for a broader range of reasons, including political considerations.
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