Genetically modified soybean MON 87769
TA-10-2026-0359 · P10_TA(2026)0359 · PE792.136
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- Full procedure 2026/2880
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Parliament's resolution objects to the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation of genetically modified soybean MON 87769 for food and feed. It asks the Commission to withdraw the draft and not to renew the authorisation.¶¶¶ It calls for an updated assessment of the soybean's nutritional and compositional changes, current risk-assessment methods, and stronger post-market monitoring of actual imports, uses and consumption.¶¶¶ It asks the Commission to apply the precautionary principle where scientific uncertainties remain, and to propose a reform of the EU decision-making procedure on genetically modified organisms.¶¶
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, which is to ensure a high level of protection of human and animal health and consumer interests.¶
- It calls on the Commission to withdraw its draft implementing decision.¶
- It calls on the Commission not to renew the authorisation of the soybean, citing associated risks, environmental impacts and insufficient long-term evidence, in line with the One Health approach.¶
- Before any renewal, it asks for an updated assessment of the soybean's nutritional and compositional changes, including the altered fatty acid profile, based on realistic consumption patterns and long-term exposure.¶
- It asks that the assessment use relevant scientific developments and current risk-assessment methodologies, including appropriate statistical methods for comparing the soybean with its conventional comparator.¶
- It calls for stronger post-market monitoring, with systematic data on actual imports, uses and consumption in the Union, and a mechanism to review the authorisation if actual exposure differs materially from the assumptions.¶
- Where scientific uncertainties on the nutritional consequences of long-term exposure cannot be resolved, it asks the Commission to apply the precautionary principle and refrain from renewing the authorisation.¶
- It calls on the Commission to submit without delay a legislative proposal to reform the decision-making procedure on genetically modified organisms.¶
Who is affected
- The Commission: asked to withdraw the draft decision, not to renew the authorisation, and to propose a reform of the GMO decision-making procedure.¶¶¶
- Operators placing genetically modified soybean MON 87769 food and feed on the market: the renewal of the authorisation is opposed.¶
- Member states' governments and parliaments: the resolution is forwarded to them.¶
Legal basis: Article 11(3) and Article 23(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.¶