What changed
Adds a new recital linking the Mercosur trade agreement to increased GMO imports and highlighting pesticide use in Brazil and Argentina. #1 The other change is formal: renumbers a recital and adjusts punctuation. #2
1 change of substance, plus 1 formal. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.
Change #1 Substance
Adds a recital stating that the EU-Mercosur trade agreement will incentivize imports of GMOs and that Brazil and Argentina are top GMO producers using pesticides banned in the EU.
W. whereas the trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur will incentivise imports to the Union of food and animal feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified organisms; whereas Brazil and Argentina are among the world’s top GMO producers and pesticide users, including GMOs and pesticides banned in the Union for health or environmental reasons;