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The EU Legislation on GMOs: An overview

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Author IHCP: D. Plan, G. Van den Eede

This report provides an overview of the key provisions of the extensive EU legislation on GMOs (as of March 2010).

 

It includes chapters on

  • Release into the environment
  • Food and feed use
  • Traceability and labelling
  • Detection
  • Coexistence
  • International Environment

In annex, a list of key EU regulatory texts (provided in full text) as well as a list of other relevant EU regulatory texts.

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