Coexistence: A European patchwork

The European Commission had announced that it would be deciding in April 2006 whether the coexistence of GM and non-GM farming should be regul… more

“The occurrence of loss must be fortuitous.”

Farmers who grow GM cops are liable for financial losses resulting from GMO contamination of neighbouring fields. At the present time there… more

“We have been unable to find any significant differences.”

The fructan potato, which produces the polysaccharide inulin in its tubers as a result of a genetic modification, has been tested for its envi… more

Bt Technology: New impetus to Integrated Pest Management

Genetically modified maize and cotton plants containing new genes which enable them to produce specific active substances (Bt toxins) to co… more

“GM maize” disappeared –- Questions still remain

Genetically modified maize is apparently no longer growing in Mexico. This is the surprising finding of a study by a six-strong team of resear… more

New biosafety research programme

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is to provide funding of 10 million euros for biosafety research over the next th… more

“Over the next few years our aim is to make our trials as realistic as possible.”

The German Ministry of Consumer Protection (BMVEL) has commissioned crop trials using genetically modified plants at six different sites. T… more

No secrets in safety matters

(24 June 2005) Following a decision by the higher administrative court in Münster, Monsanto must disclose important documents from the authori… more

Genetic Engineering Act remains incomplete

(15 June 2005) The second Genetic Engineering Act has collapsed. Fundamental differences of opinion between the red-green ruling coalition in … more

No agreement on international labelling regulations

The second Conference of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Montreal has been unable to agree on firm rules for providing i… more

Site register: 1000 hectares of Bt maize

(03/02) With today’s publication in the Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt), Germany’s new Genetic Engineering Act, passed by … more

Genetic Engineering Act sent back to the mediation committee

In its session on 29 April, the Bundesrat rejected the second genetic engineering amendment bill. The federal states, the majority of which ar… more

More grasses, fewer flowering plants

The cultivation of herbicide-tolerant winter rape could lead to a decline in flowering weeds. The potential impact on biodiversity in arable a… more

Authorisations even in absence of majority of member states

(23 March 2005) The new, enlarged EU Commission of José Manuel Barroso intends to continue the [[A:758|GMO]] policy begun under Romano Prodi. … more

Starting again?

(18 March) Against the votes of the opposition, the Bundestag has today passed the second amending law on the Genetic Engineering Act. Two day… more

Vine trials abandoned

The first release experiment with genetically modified vines in Germany is being called off early. The Institut für Rebenzüchtung Geilweilerho… more