Netherlands: The Netherlands Calls for an Amendment of the GMO Directive

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On November 30, the Dutch Cabinet presented its position to the Dutch Parliament on the recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union to require plants edited with new mutagenesis techniques to be subject to the EU GMO Directive. The Dutch government will call the European Commission and EU Member States for an amendment of the Directive in line with their earlier proposal.

Netherlands: The Netherlands Calls for an Amendment of the GMO Directive

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