Mediation fails

(14 Nov.) The Bundestag/Bundesrat mediation committee failed yesterday in Berlin to reach a compromise on adapting responsibilities within gen… more

Mediators called in

(26 Sep.) The German Bundesrat today called in the mediation committee for the government’s planned legislation on transferring the resp… more

Obstacles to plant genetic engineering

(27 August) An amended Genetic Engineering Act is intended to transpose into German law several new pieces of EU legislation that are already … more

Kiel goes first

(11 July) Today in the Bundesrat the regional government of Schleswig-Holstein proposed a bill amending the Genetic Engineering Act. According… more

Bundestag decides on new responsibilities

With the votes of the coalition parties the Bundestag today passed a law transferring responsibilities within genetic engineering law on se… more

New responsibilities for plant genetic engineering

(12 May) From now on the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) will… more