NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES: COMMISSION OPEN ON FEEDBACK

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GROWTH - 7 November 2021

October has marked the first step in the opening of the revision of the European legislation on GMOs, with the European Commission’s feedback period opened to receive the opinion of the European stakeholders on the matter. More than 70 000 feedbacks have reached the Commission offices, mainly for German and French citizens.

Also, the European Parliament approved the Farm to Fork Strategy (agricultural branch of the Green Deal) with a paragraph on NGTs.

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Written by Farm Europe

FOOD CHAIN - 3 June 2019

Wine sector: Chinese slowdown in wine imports

Posted on 03/06/2019 - By Farm Europe

This month, the main highlights for the wine sector at EU and global level range from further reflections and thoughts on copper use (in France mainly), new adopted rules (at EU level), which are aimed at simplifying and homogenizing wine making practices in the EU while increasing the consistency between EU oenological practices and […]

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GROWTH - 14 August 2019

ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE

Posted on 14/08/2019 - By Farm Europe

FICHE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE The EU has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030. Agriculture and agro-forestry have an important role to play to sequester and store carbon, and there is scope to reduce emissions using more efficient and sustainable production methods. Also reducing water pollution, soil erosion and preserving […]

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GROWTH - 2 May 2019

New Breeding Techniques: a new regulatory framework is needed

Posted on 02/05/2019 - By Farm Europe

Persistent concerns but mainly doubts over what the ECJ ruling on NBTs actually means in concrete terms for Member States, are far from being exhausted. At the same time, many research projects of gene-editing adoption in both crops and farm-animals are taking place on both sides of the ocean. A recent study requested by […]

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