{"id":945,"date":"2017-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/uncategorized\/945\/commission-prepares-to-authorise-three-gm-maize-varieties\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:34:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:34:11","slug":"commission-prepares-to-authorise-three-gm-maize-varieties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/nature-food\/945\/commission-prepares-to-authorise-three-gm-maize-varieties\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission prepares to authorise three GM maize varieties"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"leader\">\n\tBrussels &#8211; The European Commission and a handful of EU governments want Europe to grow more genetically modified (GM) crops. In the coming months, they want to authorise the cultivation of two GM maize varieties (DuPont Pioneer\u2019s 1507 and Syngenta\u2019s Bt11), and to renew the licence for another maize (Monsanto\u2019s maize MON810), the only GM crop currently grown in the EU.<br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p><em>UPDATED &#8211; This briefing was updated on 24 January to reflect EFSA\u2019s latest opinion, the European Parliament\u2019 objections and the European Commission\u2019s revised calendar.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"events-box middle-box left\">\n<div class=\"frame reset-padding\">\n        <a class=\"open-img EnlargeImage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2018\/08\/9cf39d60-9cf39d60-gp0stpi5c_low_res_with_credit_line.jpg\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ctl00_cphContentArea_Property3_ctl00_ctl02_Image1\" class=\"Thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2018\/08\/9cf39d60-9cf39d60-gp0stpi5c_low_res_with_credit_line.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-width:0px;\"><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden\">\n        <span class=\"date\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The proposed authorisations would only be valid in 9 out of 28 European Union (EU) countries, as well as in three regions (England in the UK, Flanders and the Brussels region in Belgium). The other EU countries and the remaining four regions in the UK and Belgium have used the EU\u2019s new <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/food\/plant\/gmo\/authorisation\/cultivation\/geographical_scope_en.htm\">opt-out mechanism<\/a> to prevent GMOs from being grown on their territories, regardless of EU authorisations. The Commission is hoping that national governments will accept EU approval of GM crops as long as they are able to rule out their cultivation in their own territories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Greenpeace EU food policy director Franziska Achterberg<\/strong> said: \u201c<em>GM crops have no place in sustainable farming. Rightly, the majority of EU governments and parliamentarians have rejected them. But now it\u2019s time for all EU countries to think beyond their borders. Governments should oppose environmentally damaging GM crops anywhere, not just in their own backyard, to protect wildlife and allow farmers and consumers to go GM-free<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2018\/08\/5ef7766e-5ef7766e-201701-br-gm-maize-authorisations-final_teosinte_ep_vote.pdf\">Read the full media briefing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels &#8211; The European Commission and a handful of EU governments want Europe to grow more genetically modified (GM) crops. 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