Links

EU funded research projects

• GMO Compass
• Co-Extra (GM and non-GM supply chains: their co-existence and traceability)
• SIGMEA (Sustainable Introduction of GMOs into European Agriculture)

National funded research projects

• National Research Programme NRP 59
• www.konsortiumweizen.ch
• Impact assessment on farmland wildlife in the UK
• Comparative assessment of risks and benefits for novel agricultural systems, pdf-file (report of the ACRE sub-group on wider issues raised by the farms evaluations of herbicide tolerant GM crops)

Swiss legislation

• Overview of Swiss legislation in biotechnology
• Freisetzungsverordnung, pdf-file (FrSV)
• Gentechnikgesetz, pdf-file (GTG)

EU legislation

• Directive 2001/18/EC
• Questions and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU, pdf-file
• Impact assessment in the EU

Official biotechnology information websites

• Public register of GMO commercialization in Switzerland
• Public register of deliberate GMO releases in Switzerland
• Data base of notifications for the EU
• Data base of deliberate releases within the EU
• Deliberate releases and marketing of GMO in the USA

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