Ending the stale-mate? Member States are given further rights to ban GMOs on their territories.

On 13 January 2015, a plenary vote at the European Parliament approved the cultivation of genetically modified crops, following the agreement of the Council of the European Union to the European Commission proposal. The new agreement would give member states more flexibility to deal with GMOs on their own territory.

MEPs agreed to give Member States the legal right to ban the growing of GM crops that have been approved as scientifically safe.

This blog post discusses the agreement from a Welsh perspective.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): The authorisation process for cultivation http://www.europeansources.info/record/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-the-authorisation-process-for-cultivation-2/

ESO: Background information: EC 'regulatory shambles' over GMOs http://www.europeansources.info/record/ec-regulatory-shambles-over-gmos/

ESO: Background information: GMO cultivation in the EU - EU changes rules on GM crop cultivation http://www.europeansources.info/record/qa-gmo-cultivation-in-the-eu-eu-changes-rules-on-gm-crop-cultivation/

Website: GM-Free Cymru http://www.gmfreecymru.org.uk/

Wales: NAW: Research Service: In Brief, 27.04.15: Draft proposals on genetically modified food and feed: improving democratic choice in the authorisation process? https://assemblyinbrief.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/draft-proposals-on-genetically-modified-food-and-feed-improving-democratic-choice-in-the-authorisation-process/

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