Serbia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

After over ten years, Serbia still has not implemented changes to its Law on Genetically Engineered Organisms (GEOs) which was adopted in 2009. The current law strictly prohibits the importation, production, or commercial growing of genetically engineered crops. The law does not conform to European Union (EU) regulations or the World Trade Organization (WTO) Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement. To become a member of the EU and the WTO, Serbia needs to amend the current law. It would also create a mechanism for biotech crops and products to be reviewed by the government for import consideration and cultivation. Serbia prepared an amended “Law on GEOs” in 2018, but this law was never submitted to the national approval process.