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Im Februar wird das Europäische Parlament über den Bericht über einen Vorschlag zur Regulierung von mit bestimmten neuen genomischen Techniken gewonnenen Pflanzen abstimmen, den sein Ausschuss für Umweltfragen, öffentliche Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (ENVI) angenommen hat. Der Text in der angenommenen Fassung bildet den Standpunkt des Europäischen Parlaments für die Verhandlungen mit dem Rat, der seinen Standpunkt noch festlegen muss.

On 5 July 2023, the Commission tabled a proposal for a regulation on certain new genomic techniques (NGTs). It establishes two categories of plants obtained by NGTs: plants comparable to naturally occurring or conventional plants, and plants with modifications that are more complex. The two categories will be subject to different requirements to reach the market, taking into account their differing characteristics and risk profiles. Feedback from stakeholders is mixed. While industry interest groups ...

New plant genetic modification (GM) techniques have evolved rapidly in recent years, allowing much faster and more precise results than conventional plant-breeding techniques. They are seen as a promising new field for the agri-food industry, offering great technical potential. There is, however, considerable debate as to how these new techniques should be regulated and whether some or all of them should fall within the scope of EU legislation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). There are two ...

Genetically modified (GM) crops require prior assessment and authorisation at EU level before they may be cultivated within the European Union. Since March 2015, Member States have new possibilities to restrict the cultivation of a given GM organism on all or part of their territory. By 3 October 2015, 19 Member States had entered requests to ban GM cultivation. By 9 November 2015, bans on GM cultivation had been agreed for all 19.

Parlament und Rat erzielten im Dezember 2014 im Trilog eine Einigung in zweiter Lesung über eine von der Kommission im Jahr 2010 vorgeschlagene Rechtsvorschrift, die den Mitgliedstaaten mehr Freiheit bei der Entscheidung über den Anbau genetisch veränderter Organismen in ihrem Hoheitsgebiet einräumt.

This study consists of: 1) an introductory section setting out the main physical and demographic data; 2) a general chapter on the Brazilian economy; 3) an in-depth analysis of the agricultural sector in terms of both production and commercial aspects; 4) an overview of conflicts and potentially conflictive issues in EU-Brazil relations; 5) and finally, some general comments on the new CAP 2014/2020.

This short note will focus first on the EU seed and Plant Reproductive Material (PRM) market, insisting on the size of seed companies, as well as on its segmentation, which has to be taken into account in market shares analysis. Market shares will be assessed in different seed segments. In a second section, the EU sector will be placed in a global perspective, which will highlight some of the European specificities, such as the non-GM nature of its seed market.

Angesichts des Bevölkerungswachstums und der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung wird der Bedarf an Nahrungsmitteln und Energie aus der Landwirtschaft in den nächsten Jahrzehnten steigen. Gleichzeitig wird die Notwendigkeit bestehen, die Landwirtschaft an die zunehmenden Gefahren aufgrund des Klimawandels (die in Europa wahrscheinlich schwerer wiegen als die diesbezüglichen Chancen) anzupassen und zugleich die Auswirkungen der landwirtschaftlichen Emissionen auf den Klimawandel einzudämmen. Dabei wird davon ...

European consumers have been reluctant to accept genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food production. The Commission has proposed amended rules that would give the Member States new grounds for banning the cultivation of GMOs on their territory.