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European Union - GMOs: Commission to launch dialogue on environmental impact rules following EFSA's report

The European Commission takes note of the publication today of the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Guidance for the environmental risk assessment (ERA) of GM plants. The guidance is the primary tool for applicants when submitting applications for GM authorization and for Member States and EFSA when assessing the environmental risk of GM plants. It is expected to reach its final form after discussions – to be launched next month - between the Commission, Member States and stakeholders.
12 November 2010
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The European Commission takes note of the publication today of the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Guidance for the environmental risk assessment (ERA) of GM plants. The guidance is the primary tool for applicants when submitting applications for GM authorization and for Member States and EFSA when assessing the environmental risk of GM plants. It is expected to reach its final form after discussions – to be launched next month - between the Commission, Member States and stakeholders.

In March 2008, the Commission asked EFSA to further develop and update the current environmental guidance. This approach was supported in the Council conclusions of December 2008. The guidance covers specifically the potential effects of GM plants on non-target organisms (i.e. species directly or indirectly exposed to GM plants which are non-target of the newly expressed compounds of the plant), the selection of representative receiving environment (i.e. environment into which the GM plant will be released) including identification of EU geographic regions, appropriate techniques to assess the long-term effects of GM plants and the experimental design for field trials in order to assess the potential ecological effects of GM plants.

http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biotechnology/index_en.htm

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