France is trying to modify EU legislation on the authorisation of GMOs, but the process is all but smooth.
Paris will do anything it can to counter the impending approval of genetically modified maize in the European Union. The French minister of agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, filed “a text at European level that is starting to be discussed by all our European partners,” he said in a recent exchange of views in the Senate.
The French government is proposing the re-nationalisation of the authorisation procedures for GM crops, which are currently decided in Brussels.
“We must change the rules,” the minister insisted, adding that each GM manufacturing company should “request an authorisation to each state”.
The minister's proposal is expected to be discussed during the environment Council meeting next month (3 March).
Déjà vu
The French proposal is not new. In July 2010, the Commission proposed a revision of the European legislation offering more flexibility to member states in the management of permits.
The text was then rejected by France and other member states which accused the Commission of not being protective enough of the “anti-GMO” states in the face of possible complaints from GMO exporting countries, such as the United States or Argentina..
@ Paris wants national permits for GM maize | EurActiv:
The French government is proposing the re-nationalisation of the authorisation procedures for GM crops, which are currently decided in Brussels.
“We must change the rules,” the minister insisted, adding that each GM manufacturing company should “request an authorisation to each state”.
The minister's proposal is expected to be discussed during the environment Council meeting next month (3 March).
Déjà vu
The French proposal is not new. In July 2010, the Commission proposed a revision of the European legislation offering more flexibility to member states in the management of permits.
The text was then rejected by France and other member states which accused the Commission of not being protective enough of the “anti-GMO” states in the face of possible complaints from GMO exporting countries, such as the United States or Argentina..
@ Paris wants national permits for GM maize | EurActiv:
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