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Parliament adopted a resolution opposing the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for genetically modified maize MON 87460 for food and feed.¶¶¶ It considers the draft decision exceeds the Commission's implementing powers and is incompatible with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.¶¶ It calls on the Commission to withdraw the draft decision and not to renew the authorisation, citing insufficient evidence on long-term impacts.¶¶ It asks the Commission to propose a reform of the GMO decision-making procedure and criticises imports of herbicide-tolerant GM plants.¶¶
Key points
- Parliament considers that the draft Commission implementing decision exceeds the implementing powers provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.¶
- It considers the draft decision incompatible with the aim of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 to ensure a high level of protection of human and animal health and the environment.¶
- It calls on the Commission to withdraw its draft implementing decision.¶
- It calls on the Commission not to renew the authorisation of the GM maize due to the lack of sufficient evidence on long-term impacts on biodiversity, food safety, farmers' livelihoods and animal health, in line with the One Health approach.¶
- It calls on the Commission to submit without delay a legislative proposal to reform the GMO decision-making procedure, responding to Parliament's objections and the lack of qualified majority support among member states.¶
- It highlights that authorising imports of GM plants made tolerant to herbicides banned in the Union, such as glufosinate, is inconsistent with international commitments and creates an uneven playing field for Union farmers.¶
Who is affected
- The Commission, which is asked to withdraw the draft decision, not to renew the authorisation and to propose a reform of the GMO decision-making procedure.¶¶¶
- Union farmers, who face an uneven playing field from imports of GM plants tolerant to herbicides banned in the Union.¶
- Member states, whose lack of qualified majority support in the Standing Committee and Appeal Committee is cited.¶¶¶
Figures and deadlines
- 10 June 2026: vote of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed at which no opinion was delivered.¶
- 15 July 2026: vote of the Appeal Committee at which again no opinion was delivered.¶
- 29 October 2025: date of the European Food Safety Authority opinion on the GM maize.¶
- 8 December 2025: date the EFSA opinion was published.¶
- 11 March 2024: date Bayer Agriculture BV submitted the renewal application to the Commission.¶
- 2012: year EFSA published the original risk assessment on the GM maize.¶
Legal basis: Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union¶
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