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Questions Regarding the Implementation of EU Mutagenesis Ruling in France

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Department of Genetic Engineering and other Biotechnological Processes, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Berlin, Germany
Bartsch, Detlef;
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Department of Genetic Engineering and other Biotechnological Processes, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Berlin, Germany
Ehlers, Ulrich;
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130446033
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Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre of Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Quedlinburg , Deutschland
Hartung, Frank;
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Department of Genetic Engineering and other Biotechnological Processes, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Berlin, Germany
Kahrmann, Jens;
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Department of Genetic Engineering and other Biotechnological Processes, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Berlin, Germany
Leggewie, Georg;
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1058993283
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Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre of Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Quedlinburg , Deutschland
Sprink, Thorben;
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1058993402
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Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre of Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Quedlinburg , Deutschland
Wilhelm, Ralf

The European Commission has asked EU Member States for comments on a French law notification demanding plant varieties produced with the help of in vitro mutagenesis have to be eliminated from the national catalog of approved varieties because of missing legal authorization deemed required by genetic engineering law. Primary target are herbicidetolerant Clearfield oilseed rape varieties. The scientific reasoning is questionable, traceability is illusive, and law enforcement is likely to be impossible.

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Frontiers in Plant Science : FPLS
Vol. 11p. 584485
Volume:
11
Date Issued:
2020
Date Issued (online):
11.09.2020
DOI:
10.3389/fpls.2020.584485
Language:
English
Type of Resource:
Text
Keywords:
plant breeding regulation; mutagenesis techniques; Clearfield oilseed rape; risk coherence; European Commission (EC) decisions
DDC subject of DNB:
630 Agriculture
Institution:
Julius Kühn-Institute, Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology

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License Holder: 2020 Bartsch, Ehlers, Hartung, Kahrmann, Leggewie, Sprink and Wilhelm

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