BRUSSELS REFUSES TO ABANDON FIGHT TO ALLOW APPROVED GM PRODUCTS PAN-EU SALES
October 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is refusing to abandon its fight to push Austria into allowing the sale in its territory of genetically modified maize Zea mays L. line T25 - that had previously been awarded pan-EU marketing rights. European Union ministers rejected earlier Commission demands for Austria to allow sales, but Brussels has now retabled its liberalisation proposals.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission is refusing to abandon its fight to push Austria into allowing the sale in its territory of genetically modified maize Zea mays L. line T25 - that had previously been awarded pan-EU marketing rights. European Union ministers rejected earlier Commission demands for Austria to allow sales, but Brussels has now retabled its liberalisation proposals.
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