A frustrating Council meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Luxembourg this week saw member states bogg down forward Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

A frustrating Council meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Luxembourg this week saw member states bogg down forward Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

Propos legislation governing marketing of genetically modified (GM) fare and feed continued to cause enigmas for the EU's decision-making machinery, as ministers grappled with legal obstacles to European Commission plans.

At the heart of the disputation is the centralised procedure foreseen on the Commission for approvals of recently made known GM products.

Challenge forward legal basis

The manner of proceeding for adoptions, under which produces would have been given the undecayed light by a qualified majority of member states in a less degree than ...