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07PARIS2617
2007-06-18 16:48:00
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Embassy Paris
Cable title:
GOF WILL NOT BAN MON 810 BIOTECH CORN
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UNCLAS PARIS 002617
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EEB/TPP/ABT(SPIRNAK);
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USDA/OS/JOHANNS/TERPSTRA;
USDA/FAS FOR OA/YOST;
OCRA/CURTIS
STA/SIMMONS/JONES/HENNEY
FAA/YOUNG;
EU POSTS PASS TO AGRICULTURE AND ECON
GENEVA FOR USTR, ALSO AGRICULTURE
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD EU FR
SUBJECT: GOF WILL NOT BAN MON 810 BIOTECH CORN
UNCLAS PARIS 002617
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS PASS USEU FOR AGMINCOUNSELOR
STATE FOR EUR/ERA, EUR/WE, EUR/PPD, IIP AND ECA;
EEB/TPP/ABT(SPIRNAK);
STATE PASS USTR FOR MURPHY;
USDA/OS/JOHANNS/TERPSTRA;
USDA/FAS FOR OA/YOST;
OCRA/CURTIS
STA/SIMMONS/JONES/HENNEY
FAA/YOUNG;
EU POSTS PASS TO AGRICULTURE AND ECON
GENEVA FOR USTR, ALSO AGRICULTURE
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD EU FR
SUBJECT: GOF WILL NOT BAN MON 810 BIOTECH CORN
1. (U) On June 14, the French Biomolecular Committee (the competent
authority for reviewing biotech products) stated that in much as
there was no new adverse information calling into question the
environmental assessment of MON 810, the French Ministers of Ecology
and Agriculture found that no moratorium will be imposed on the
cultivation and harvest of MON 810 corn this year.
2. (SBU) French anti-biotech organizations had called for a
moratorium on all the MON 810 corn planted this year in France on
some 25,000 hectares. We understand that the Prime Minister's
office intervened to mediate between the Ministries of Agriculture
and Ecology. It is interesting to note that this outcome stands in
opposition to German, Austrian and Hungarian decisions to apply
moratoriums on MON 810.
STAPLETON
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS PASS USEU FOR AGMINCOUNSELOR
STATE FOR EUR/ERA, EUR/WE, EUR/PPD, IIP AND ECA;
EEB/TPP/ABT(SPIRNAK);
STATE PASS USTR FOR MURPHY;
USDA/OS/JOHANNS/TERPSTRA;
USDA/FAS FOR OA/YOST;
OCRA/CURTIS
STA/SIMMONS/JONES/HENNEY
FAA/YOUNG;
EU POSTS PASS TO AGRICULTURE AND ECON
GENEVA FOR USTR, ALSO AGRICULTURE
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD EU FR
SUBJECT: GOF WILL NOT BAN MON 810 BIOTECH CORN
1. (U) On June 14, the French Biomolecular Committee (the competent
authority for reviewing biotech products) stated that in much as
there was no new adverse information calling into question the
environmental assessment of MON 810, the French Ministers of Ecology
and Agriculture found that no moratorium will be imposed on the
cultivation and harvest of MON 810 corn this year.
2. (SBU) French anti-biotech organizations had called for a
moratorium on all the MON 810 corn planted this year in France on
some 25,000 hectares. We understand that the Prime Minister's
office intervened to mediate between the Ministries of Agriculture
and Ecology. It is interesting to note that this outcome stands in
opposition to German, Austrian and Hungarian decisions to apply
moratoriums on MON 810.
STAPLETON