EU court annuls GM potato approval, dealing blow to Commission

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Series Details 13.12.13
Publication Date 13/12/2013
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The General Court of the European Union overturned on the 13 December 2013 a decision by the European Commission to allow the cultivation and sale of a genetically modified potato developed by German chemicals group BASF.
Source Link http://www.euractiv.com/cap/eu-court-annuls-approval-basfs-a-news-532355
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ESO: Background information: Brussels breaks ground with go-ahead for modified potato http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-breaks-ground-with-go-ahead-for-modified-potato/
General Court of the European Union: Press Release, 13.12.13: The General Court has annulled the Commission ’s decisions concerning authorisation to pla ce on the market the genetically modified potato Amflora http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2013-12/cp130160en.pdf
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