{"id":45581,"date":"2021-04-29T13:26:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T11:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/?p=45581"},"modified":"2021-04-29T13:26:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T11:26:47","slug":"eu-commission-opening-the-door-for-new-gmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/nature-food\/45581\/eu-commission-opening-the-door-for-new-gmos\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Commission opening the door for new GMOs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brussels \u2013<\/strong> The European Commission is gearing up to exempt new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from current environmental rules, Greenpeace has warned. The EU Commission today released a report<\/a> on new genetic modification techniques such as CRISPR\/Cas, which concludes that more permissive rules may be needed to allow GMOs produced with these techniques.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

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In 2018 the European Court of Justice ruled that new GMOs must be regulated under the existing EU GMO laws, as to exempt them \u201cwould compromise the objective of protection\u201d and \u201cwould fail to respect the precautionary principle\u201d.<\/p>\n\n

Kevin Stairs, Greenpeace EU GMO policy adviser, <\/strong>said: \u201cThe EU has a responsibility to protect the rights of farmers to choose what they plant and for people to choose what they eat, and to protect the environment and biodiversity from potential harm from new GMOs. The EU Commission and national governments must respect the precautionary principle and the European Court of Justice\u2019s decision \u2013 GMOs by another name are still GMOs, and must be treated as such under the law.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

New genetic modification techniques allow biotech companies to make significant changes to organisms that are not found in nature, and fundamentally different from traditional breeding techniques. Evidence is growing<\/a> that new GMO techniques can have unintended mutational effects, as well as the changes the developers want to make. <\/p>\n\n

The European Commission\u2019s report is intended to form the basis of discussions with national governments regarding the future regulation of new GMOs. Greenpeace is calling on the Commission and national governments to apply the European Court of Justice\u2019s ruling and to make sure that GMOs produced with new techniques are subject to the same regulations as older GMOs.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace has prepared a briefing<\/a> on the risks associated with the environmental release of new GMOs for agricultural purposes. <\/p>\n\n

Contacts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n

Kevin Stairs \u2013 Greenpeace EU GMO policy adviser <\/strong>: +32 476 96 13 76, kevin.stairs@greenpeace.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace EU press desk<\/strong>: +32 (0)2 274 1911, pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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EU Transparency Register: 9832909575-41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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