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Draft Commission Directive updating the environmental risk assessment of GMOs

Food safety, Public health

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Greenpeace European Unit, 8 Dec 2016

For the first time in 15 years, the Commission has proposed an update of Annexes II, III and IV of Directive 2001/18 on the principles for the environmental risk assessment of GMOs and information required from applicants. (1) The Commission proposal comes late. Environment ministers asked for…

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Friends of the Earth Europe, 8 Dec 2016

Friends of Earth Europe’s comments on gaps and key requirements for improvements of the ERA of GMO under directive 2001/18: The EC proposal aims to frame a scientifically sound legal base for the ERA of all of GMO for the upcoming years. Politically incomplete: Already in 2008 all…

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EuropaBio, 29 Nov 2016

Preamble (5) refers to case-by-case risk assessment. Similar to Commission Impl Reg 503/2013, we recommend the inclusion of a new Article in the draft Directive which provides for notifying GMOs which do not satisfy all requirements provided that particular information is not scientifically…

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Testbiotech, 8 Dec 2016

Based on detailed analysis, Testbiotech rejects the current proposal of the EU Commission in most of its elements and instead make the following recommendations for future environmental risk assessment: Avoid oversimplification: It has to be acknowledged that the absence of observable effects…

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European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility, 8 Dec 2016

We would like to submit following comments and also refer to our critique of the 2010 EFSA Guidance on ERA for GMPs (http://www.ensser.org/developing-responsible-approaches-to-risk-assessment/ensser-comments-on-final-efsa-gmp-era-guidance/) C1 3.b & c The amendment will lead to an exclusion of…