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Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (GCC-4), covered by Office of Agricultural Affairs in Dubai, allow the importation of genetically engineered food products of plant origin.

Again, this year, Italy’s biotechnology industry is characterized as a dynamic and promising sector, despite the difficult economic situation that biotech companies have to confront on a daily basis.

The report provides a summary and un-official translation of Inter-Ministerial Circular 45/2015/TTLB-BNNPTNT-BKHCN.

The UK is a strong proponent of more efficient and effective regulation of genetic engineering within Europe.

The European Parliament ruled that each Member State (MS) will be able to decide the use of GMOs in their territories.

In the European Union (EU), governments, the media, non-governmental organizations, consumers, and industry associations remain conflicted about the use of agricultural biotechnology.

November 2014, the National Biosafety Board announced that it was assessing a proposal from the Malaysian Rubber Board to conduct confined field trails on genetically engineered (GE) rubber trees.

The Chinese government has prioritized the development of a domestic biotechnology industry and is investing heavily in basic research.