EU allows imports of four GMO crop products
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The European Union has authorized  imports of four genetically modified (GMO) crop products for  sale across its 27 national markets for the next 10 years, the  European Commission said on Wednesday.
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The area planted with genetically modified crops in Europe has grown by 77% since last year, figures show.
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Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market, and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a new law. The European Parliament passed the law, one of the most complex and far-reaching commission regulations ever, after years of haggling marked by intense lobbying by the European chemicals industry and by protests from environmentalists who sought more restraints on the industry. The law, a compromise balancing health and environmental concerns against fears that excessive red tape would stifle business, puts the burden of proof on companies to show that industrial chemicals and substances used in everyday products are safe. It is likely to take effect in mid-2007.
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European Union farm ministers fell  short of a consensus agreement on Monday to allow imports of  five genetically modified (GMO) products, paving the way for  default approval by legal rubberstamp, EU officials said.
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France officially imposed Saturday a ban on a strain of genetically modified (GM) corn produced by the US agribusiness giant Monsanto, with the publication of an agriculture ministry order in the state's official journal.
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The European Union decided on Tuesday to lift all remaining restrictions on the export of British meat, signalling the all-clear after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
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Monsanto Co., Syngenta AG and Bayer AG failed to win wider access to the European Union&#39;s biotechnology market when a demand that five nations lift bans on some gene-modified foods allowed elsewhere in the EU was blocked.
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The European Union approved on Wednesday the first biotech seeds for planting and sale across EU territory, angering green groups who maintain they could contaminate other crops.
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France is reportedly planning a freeze on commercial genetically modified crops, which cover less than one percent of farmland in Europe&#39;s top agricultural producer.
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BELGRADE, Dec. 19 (IPS) - Environmentalists in Romania have secured a victory  in getting genetically modified (GM) soy finally banned.
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The European Union said Wednesday it was looking forward to including Florida oranges and other U.S. products in its system of protecting traditional regional foods following a World Trade Organization ruling on the issue.
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The British government will give German  chemicals group BASF permission on Friday for the first trials  of genetically modified crops since 2003, the Financial Times  reported.
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The European Commission has asked four more countries for information on how they buy computers. Rival AMD applauds the move.
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The European Union sought on Wednesday to boost tight cereals supplies with a proposal to suspend import duties and freeze a requirement for farmers to keep land fallow.
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EU environment experts failed to agree  on Monday on whether to authorize growing of a genetically  modified (GMO) potato, their first foray into the sensitive  area of "live" biotech crops in eight years, an EU official  said.
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German chemicals giant BASF is hoping to receive the green light from the European regulatory authorities for a genetically modified potato this year, a top executive said in a newspaper interview published Monday.
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The European Union has agreed to lift its long standing sanctions against trade with Libya. The move was taken today by foreign ministers of the 25 member union.