EU-28: European Commission Work Program 2017

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The European Commission's Work Program for 2017 does not contain any specific legislative initiatives in the field of agriculture. Of main concern however is the Commission's initiative to "modernize" the comitology (decision-making) procedures which could have an adverse impact on the future approval of genetically modified events.

EU-28: European Commission Work Program 2017

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Europe and Eurasia, European Union

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