Environmental group Greenpeace is planning to take legal action…

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Series Details 12/12/96, Volume 2, Number 46
Publication Date 12/12/1996
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Date: 12/12/1996

...against importers, ship owners and authorities which have allowed US genetically-modified maize into the EU, according to activist Benny Haerlin. Greenpeace claims it has evidence that cargoes which may contain modified maize have already arrived in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Pending a decision by the Commission next Wednesday (18 December), the release of the product in the Union is illegal.

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