Niveau juridique : Union européenne
Ce groupe réunion la Commission Européenne et 45 structures représentant les acteurs du secteur (agriculteurs, industrie agroalimentaire,distributeurs et consommateurs, pour détails voir : ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_food-safety/dgs_consultations/docs/ag/ag_member-list.pdf).
Lien vers le CR du 29-04-2016 : ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_food-safety/dgs_consultations/docs/ag/advisory_plenary_20160429_sum.pdf
EXTRAITS
« - New Plant Breeding Techniques – state of play
COM informed participants that work is in progress and that COM is considering
different aspects.
Comments and questions raised
ESA expressed dissatisfaction that it takes extremely long to provide guidance
although COM committed to present the document in the first quarter of 2016. ESA
asked for an update on timing.
EUROPABIO stated that it is incomprehensible that the interpretation has not been
provided yet.
COM confirmed that in the course of 2016 the document should be available.
Further to stakeholders questions as to when the document should be available
COM noted stakeholders’ dissatisfaction regarding the considerable delay and said
that hierarchy would be informed of the stakeholders’ concerns.
ECVC stated that COM should consider the opinions of bodies like ECVC or
Greenpeace when interpreting legislation on GMO. ECVC invited COM to look at
different studies before making a decision that might impact human health, plant
health and environment.
COCERAL expressed concerns on possible impact that the outcome of the decision
could have on trade, especially considering that it is currently not possible to
distinguish products in some cases depending on the breeding methods.
FESASS asked how the upcoming decision on new breeding techniques in plants
would impact the animal side.
COM noted all the comments and confirmed that the GM legislation applies to
animals and plants, so COM work is general, but since the new breeding techniques
are more advanced in plants, the majority of comments were focused on them. »