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Reception Date
06.05.20
Category
AGRICULTURE, FISHING AND FOODSTUFFS
Fishing
Ministries & Departments
Direction générale de la prévention des risques
Responsible Departments
Direction générale des entreprises
Products & Services concerned
Plant varieties
Related EU Law
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At the end of 2014, nine associations sent a letter to the Prime Minister requesting, firstly, the repeal of Article D531-2 of the French Environment Code as it exempts herbicide-tolerant varieties (HTV) from the regulations on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and, secondly, a moratorium on these HTVs.
The purpose of the draft Decree on the genetic modification techniques mentioned in Article L531-2 of the French Environment Code [Code de l’environnement] is to specify the techniques of mutagenesis exempt from the scope of the regulations on GMOs. The draft Decree provides for the exemption of random mutagenesis, with the exception of in vitro random mutagenesis consisting in subjecting plant cells cultivated in vitro to chemical or physical mutagenic agents.
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