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Products AGROW | No 633 | February 8th 2012 COMPANIES NEWS ROUND-UP Europe Industry PRODUCTS deals NEWS IN BRIEF mooted for EU GM crop bans Products Products The latest version of proposals to allow national bans on the cultivation EUROPE of EU-approved NEWS ROUND-UP genetically modified crops suggests that deals could be reached with companies to exclude countries (DG SANCO) spokesperson said that the proposed rules would avoid current COMPANIES “difficulties” Products NEWS such IN as BRIEF France’s plan to reinstate its ban on Monsanto’s Products MON810 maize (see this issue, p19). At a Commission briefing, the spokesperson was quizzed on indications that COMPANIES the French NEWS government IN BRIEF plans to delay its notification PRODUCTS of scientific NEWS evidence, IN BRIEF so that the Commission cannot reach COMPANIES a decision NEWS within IN the BRIEF prescribed time period. from their marketing plans. A compromise proposal, drawn up by the Danish EU Presidency, also seeks to broaden the range of environmental reasons that member states could invoke for restricting AMERICAS GM crop NEWS cultivation. ROUND-UP While not willing PRODUCTS to comment NEWS IN on BRIEF the French timing, the spokesperson acknowledged that the analysis of scientific evidence by EUROPE COMPANIES the European NEWS NEWS IN Food BRIEF IN Safety BRIEFAuthority (EFSA) takes PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF time. Nevertheless, he stressed that France must provide new The Danish officials are seeking to break the stalemate on the issue that has persisted since the European Commission first unveiled its proposals in 2010. Several EU member states are concerned AUSTRALASIA that NEWS allowing IN BRIEF countries to block cultivation of a GM line, even though it has been approved at EU level, would conflict with EU and international free-trade rules. The latest compromise has been presented to the ad-hoc working group on GMOs, which met throughout last year to consider detailed PEOPLE issues raised by member states (Agrow No 625, p 20). One suggestion in the compromise is to introduce a procedure MEETING whereby member states can seek a deal with the company applying for cultivation approval, reports Agrow’s sister publication, Agra Europe. Such a deal would involve the applicant agreeing that the member state could refuse permission for the GM line to be cultivated on part or all or their scientific data to support its claim and pointed out that the EUROPE information provided COMPANIES NEWS to justify NEWS IN BRIEF IN its BRIEF PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF 2008 ban on MON810 was rejected by the EFSA. AMERICAS EUROPE COMPANIES NEWS NEWS NEWS IN IN BRIEF IN BRIEF BRIEF COMPANIES NEWS IN BRIEF PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF GM soybean AGBIOTECH/RESEARCH AMERICAS EUROPE Products NEWS NEWS decisions IN IN BRIEF BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF returned to PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF EU Commission PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF ASIA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF AMERICAS NEWS IN BRIEF The European EUROPE Commission NEWS IN is BRIEF COMPANIES NEWS free IN BRIEF to go ahead with its proposed approvals ASIA/AUSTRALASIA/WORLD ASIA/AUSTRALASIA of four genetically NEWS IN NEWS modified BRIEFIN BRIEF soybean lines after an AMERICAS EUROPE appeal NEWS committee NEWS IN IN BRIEF BRIEF in January failed to agree on EUROPE NEWS IN BRIEF whether to accept ASIA/AUSTRALASIA PEOPLE ASIA/AUSTRALASIA or reject the NEWS registrations. IN ROUND-UP BRIEFThe approvals would cover food PRODUCTS and feed NEWS use, IN comprising: BRIEF new approvals for Bayer CropScience’s AMERICAS glufosinate NEWS IN BRIEF PEOPLE herbicide-tolerant A5547- 127 (LibertyLink), ASIA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA NEWS DuPont ROUND-UP seed NEWS subsidiary IN BRIEF Pioneer Hi-Bred territory. COMPANIES If no agreement NEWS IN could BRIEFbe reached, the application would ASIA/AUSTRALASIA/AFRICA revert to the current EU regulatory NEWS IN BRIEF committee procedure, which has to reach a qualified majority to accept or reject EU- International’s AMERICAS dual herbicide-tolerant NEWS IN BRIEF 356043 (Optimum GAT), and Monsanto’s PEOPLE MEETING AMERICAS NEWS IN BRIEF EUROPE insect-resistant NEWS IN BRIEF MON87701; and renewal of the approval for ASIA/AFRICA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA Monsanto’s glyphosate-tolerant NEWS NEWS ROUND-UP IN BRIEF 40-3-2 (Roundup wide approvals. PRODUCTS Initial NEWS IN discussions BRIEF on the idea indicate that some member states are concerned that such a move would add complexity WORLD NEWS and IN legal BRIEF uncertainty. Others point out that this would tend to revert back to EU-wide decision-making, when the original aim was to allow more national freedom. EUROPE NEWS IN BRIEF Elsewhere, the compromise goes beyond the Commission’s PRODUCTS NEWS ROUND-UP original list of permitted reasons for restricting the cultivation of EU-approved crops. The Commission had originally stated that environmental and health reasons could not be used because AMERICAS these are NEWS assessed IN BRIEF as part of the original EU approval. However, the Danish compromise is more in line with the one ASIA NEWS IN BRIEF voted through by the European Parliament last year (Agrow No 620, p 7). Additional criteria would include environmental Ready). PEOPLE MEETING The decisions ASIA/AUSTRALASIA were referred to the NEWS appeal IN BRIEF www.agrow.com AFRICA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF committee when the EU Standing MEETING Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health AMERICAS was unable to PEOPLE NEWS IN BRIEF return a majority vote in November and December www.agrow.com COMPANIES (Agrow No 629, COMPANIES NEWS p 8 and NEWS IN No 631, IN BRIEF COMPANIES NEWS IN BRIEF p 7). The soybeans represent the first GM MEETING crops PEOPLE COMPANIES to go through NEWS IN the BRIEF appeal committee process, PEOPLE www.agrow.com which has replaced COMPANIES the previous NEWS IN system BRIEF of referring decisions to EU Ministers. ASIA/AFRICA PRODUCTS ASIA/AUSTRALASIA PRODUCTS While, in NEWS this NEWS case, IN NEWS IN BRIEF BRIEF it has IN BRIEF produced the same “no MEETING PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF opinion” outcome, the turnaround time of under two months was www.agrow.com PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF much shorter. PRODUCTS The process NEWS of referring IN BRIEFdecisions to Ministers could take several MEETING MEETING months, with Ministers then having up to a further three EUROPE months to decide. EUROPE PEOPLE NEWS EUROPE NEWS IN NEWS IN BRIEF www.agrow.com IN BRIEF risks and socio-economic concerns, such as the impact on local WORLD/AUSTRALASIA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA NEWS NEWS IN IN BRIEF BRIEF biodiversity or agricultural practices, a lack of data on potential negative impacts, impractical or costly co-existence measures, and the need to ensure seed purity. However, it also states that restrictions should not prevent research, provided that all necessary PEOPLE safety measures are taken. While the Parliament completed its first reading of the proposals last year, EU Ministers have yet to do so. A first-reading agreement among the member state representatives is required before MEETING the legislative process can proceed. EUROPE NEWS IN BRIEF EUROPE NEWS IN BRIEF www.agrow.com www.agrow.com n EU issues data rules for permanent crop areas AMERICAS MEETING AMERICAS NEWS AMERICAS NEWS IN NEWS IN BRIEF IN BRIEF Rules governing a new EU system BRIEF for compiling data on the area under permanent AMERICAS crops NEWS have IN BRIEF been issued by the European AMERICAS NEWS IN BRIEF Commission. The aim is to provide more timely and consistent www.agrow.com information on ASIA/AUSTRALASIA COMPANIES crops such NEWS as fruit IN NEWS ASIA/AUSTRALASIA NEWS BRIEF and IN grapevines. NEWS IN BRIEF The final legislation incorporates some amendments IN BRIEF by the European Parliament to ASIA/AUSTRALASIA reduce the administrative NEWS IN BRIEF burden (Agrow No 617, p 8). EU member ASIA/AUSTRALASIA states with a NEWS minimum IN BRIEF planted area of 1,000 Separately, Commission officials have highlighted the ha of individual PRODUCTS crops will NEWS produce IN BRIEF area data every five years, importance of progress on the issue and stressed that they want the regulation to be adopted as soon as possible. Speaking www.agrow.com earlier in January, a Health and Consumers Directorate General starting this PEOPLE year. PEOPLE The exception is for vines for purposes other than table grapes, where member states having a minimum area PEOPLE ©Informa UK Ltd 2009 of 500 ha will PEOPLE start producing data in 2015. EUROPE NEWS IN BRIEF MEETING ©Informa UK Ltd 2012 MEETING www.agrow.com 9 ©Informa UK Ltd 2009 www.agrow.com 1 MEETING MEETING AGROW | No 564 | March 27th 2009
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