Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PARIS4564
2007-11-23 17:02:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
FRANCE AND GMO LOW LEVEL PRESENCE
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UNCLAS PARIS 004564
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS PASS USEU FOR AGMINCOUNSELOR
STATE FOR OES; EUR/ERA(GRAY); EEB/TPP/ABT/BTT (BOBO);
STATE PASS USTR FOR MURPHY/CLARKSON;
USDA/OS/CONNER/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
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR EEB TPP ABT BTT SENV ETRD EU FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE AND GMO LOW LEVEL PRESENCE
REF: STATE 158225
UNCLAS PARIS 004564
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS PASS USEU FOR AGMINCOUNSELOR
STATE FOR OES; EUR/ERA(GRAY); EEB/TPP/ABT/BTT (BOBO);
STATE PASS USTR FOR MURPHY/CLARKSON;
USDA/OS/CONNER/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
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR EEB TPP ABT BTT SENV ETRD EU FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE AND GMO LOW LEVEL PRESENCE
REF: STATE 158225
1. Per reftel, Post delivered talking points to French Ministries
of Agriculture (MinAg),Environment, and Economy on low levels of
unapproved biotech products in imports.
2. French MinAg does not foresee any change in the general EU
policy on low-level presence of biotech products not authorized in
the EU but authorized in third countries, i.e., a zero tolerance is
likely to remain. Depending on the outcome of ongoing work within
the Codex Alimentarius on this issue, EU authorities may show more
flexibility in the future on a case by case basis. For example,
imported products that are found to have traces of biotech products
for which the EU authorization process is advanced may be allowed to
enter the EU market.
STAPLETON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS PASS USEU FOR AGMINCOUNSELOR
STATE FOR OES; EUR/ERA(GRAY); EEB/TPP/ABT/BTT (BOBO);
STATE PASS USTR FOR MURPHY/CLARKSON;
USDA/OS/CONNER/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
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR EEB TPP ABT BTT SENV ETRD EU FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE AND GMO LOW LEVEL PRESENCE
REF: STATE 158225
1. Per reftel, Post delivered talking points to French Ministries
of Agriculture (MinAg),Environment, and Economy on low levels of
unapproved biotech products in imports.
2. French MinAg does not foresee any change in the general EU
policy on low-level presence of biotech products not authorized in
the EU but authorized in third countries, i.e., a zero tolerance is
likely to remain. Depending on the outcome of ongoing work within
the Codex Alimentarius on this issue, EU authorities may show more
flexibility in the future on a case by case basis. For example,
imported products that are found to have traces of biotech products
for which the EU authorization process is advanced may be allowed to
enter the EU market.
STAPLETON