NEW BREEDING TECHNIQUES: THE COUNCIL REQUESTS A STUDY ON THEIR STATUS

In November 2019, the European Council took a formal decision inviting the Commission “to submit, by 30 April 2021 at the latest, a study in the light of the judgment of the Court of Justice[…] concerning the status of new genomic techniques in Union law” and also, if necessary, a proposal on NBT’s.
The said Commission has confirmed to the European Parliament that it wishes to take up this matter.