The scientific community has welcomed the results of more than 20 years of research that led to the completion of the sequencing of human genome. The discovery corrects thousands of structural errors in the previous reference genetic material. In the EU, NGOs (notably in Germany and Austria) are keeping the media attention high on the matter […]
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SUSTAINABILITY - 3 March 2022
NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES: SOME MEPS STILL HAVE DOUBTS
Some MEPs have sent a letter to the Commission ahead of the publishing of draft regulation on plants varieties obtained thanks to new genomic techniques, calling for further research and attention to safety. The 31 elected representatives asked the Commission to analyse in more details the risks related to new genomic techniques, pointing out that the Working Programme of the EU innovation programme Horizon does not foresee research in this sense. However, German MEP Lins, chair of the Agri Committee has declared that the EP is committed to foster research and to give concrete alternatives to farmers by 2030.
In England, the process of the revision of the legislation that aims to relax the legal context for research on new genomic techniques saw the scrutiny of the parliamentary committee of secondary legislation. The Lords pointed out that the draft law lacks of clarity on the general wider reform process, and on definitions.
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Written by Farm Europe