Press Release: Experts gather in Vienna to discuss co-existence of genetically-modified crops with conventional and organic farming

Preview of a three-day conference in Vienna, 4-6 April 2006, hosted by the Austrian EU Presidency and the European Commission's DG Agriculture, about the issue of how safely to grow GM seeds next to conventional and organic crops. The conference was to bring together European politicians, senior civil servants and leading experts from the worlds of academia, commerce and NGOs. The conference formed part of the Commission’s consultations with interested parties on the development of efficient and cost-effective strategies to ensure co-existence.

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/06/224: Co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops: Freedom of choice, 5.4.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/224&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/06/223: Co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming, 5.4.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/223&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: PreLex: COM(2006) 104, Communication ... Report on the implementation of national measures on the coexistence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming, 9.3.06 http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier.cfm?CL=en&ReqId=0&DocType=COM&DocYear=2006&DocNum=0104

European Commission: DG Agriculture and Rural Development: Co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming http://ec.europa.eu/comm/agriculture/coexistence/index_en.htm

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