Workshop A3: EU legislation on GMOs

The EU GMO legislation has not yet been completed but is already quite a labyrinth of directives, regulations, national implementation, standing committees and decision making processes. An overview and an outlook on upcoming approvals, legislation and policies will be given and discussed with special regard to the regional needs and implementation aspects.

Benny Härlin, Foundation on Future Farming - Germany

Eric Gall, Greenpeace European Unit - Belgium

Dan Leskien, Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture - Germany

Gall: The European policy and market on GMOs

Gall: The European policy and market on GMOs (part II)

Härlin: Overview on the GMO legislation in Europe

Leskien: Deliberate Releases and Placing on the Market of GMOs

Information on the Amendment to Germany´s Genetic Modification Act

Greenpeace: The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Failing Consumers and the Environment

For more detailed national implementations of the European law see workshop B6