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"Mr President, I am speaking on behalf of my colleague Mrs Figueiredo, who has had to leave. I have translated her Portuguese notes off the cuff, so I hope I shall be clear.
Following the adoption by the Commission of Directive 2001/18/EC on the release into the environment of GMOs, there are serious concerns relating to health, the environment and farmers’ interests. As we know, beyond the ethical issues concerning the commercialisation and patentability of life and natural heritage, the release of GMOs into the environment is irreversible and difficult to control, and can have direct consequences for the contamination of conventional agriculture and the reduction of biodiversity.
In practice, even farmers who do not cultivate genetically modified plants, due to cross-pollination or similar phenomena, are forced to label their products. This could lead to conventional farmers or organic farmers not having any choice.
Therefore, in the absence of detailed studies, does the Commission not think that the precautionary principle of maintaining the moratorium in place should prevail? How should we address the labelling of products which contain GMOs due to chance or circumstances that are difficult to avoid?"@en1
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