Euroseeds welcomes the outcome of today’s Coreper meeting, which marks an important step for the future of European plant breeding innovation. The Council has finally decided to enter trilogue negotiations with the EU Parliament and Commission on the New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) proposal and with this pave the way for further progress on this legislative framework.
“Reaching a balanced Council position on NGTs is a significant step forward. It is now essential that the Co-legislators ensure a regulatory framework that is innovation friendly and workable for all companies in the seed and agri-food sector,” said Garlich von Essen, Secretary General of Euroseeds. “This means treating conventional-like NGT plants and products similar to conventional breeding without discriminatory labelling or traceability requirements.”
