EU-28: EU-28 Opt Out Regulations - Position of the Member States

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This report supplements the EU-28 Agricultural Biotechnology Annual 2014 report with information about the new regulation that allows each EU Member State to “opt-out” of GE crop cultivation, as well as the proposed regulation that would allow the Member States to restrict or ban the use of GE food or feed on their territory. A table gives more information, country by country.

EU-28: EU-28 Opt Out Regulations - Position of the Member States

Exporting, Regulations & Requirements, New Technologies
Europe and Eurasia, European Union

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