EC Recommendation: In the Matter of Coexistence, Traceability and Labelling of GMOs

Publication date: 21 March 2005

Summary:

As European Commissioners gather to debate the future of Genetically Modified (GM) crops and food in Brussels, environment and consumer representatives have exposed an EC Recommendation, guiding member states on GM crops, as legally and fundamentally flawed. The NGOs are calling for the Recommendation to be withdrawn and are calling for an urgent meeting to discuss its legal status and content.

Paul Lasok QC, a leading European Lawyer, was asked by Greenpeace, Which? (the UK consumers’ association), Friends of the Earth, The Soil Association,, the Five Year Freeze Campaign and GeneWatch UK to advise on the EC Recommendation on the growing of GM crops alongside non GM and organic crops (co-existence) [1].