Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07VIENNA1507
2007-06-06 12:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
EU JUNE 8 STANDING COMMITTEE VOTE ON BIOTECH VARIETIES -
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UNCLAS VIENNA 001507
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
GENEVA FOR USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ECON ETRD EU AU
SUBJECT: EU JUNE 8 STANDING COMMITTEE VOTE ON BIOTECH VARIETIES -
AUSTRIA REMAINS FIRMLY IN "NO" CAMP
REF: STATE 74307
UNCLAS VIENNA 001507
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
GENEVA FOR USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ECON ETRD EU AU
SUBJECT: EU JUNE 8 STANDING COMMITTEE VOTE ON BIOTECH VARIETIES -
AUSTRIA REMAINS FIRMLY IN "NO" CAMP
REF: STATE 74307
1. On June 1, post conveyed reftel talking points to Ulrich Herzog,
Head of the Ministry of Health's Department for Consumer Health
(lead office),to Hans Kordik, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's
Department for EU Coordination, and to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of
the Ministry of Economics' Department for Multilateral Trade.
2. On June 5, we followed up with Kordik who said that Austria would
remain opposed to approval of the varieties. In Kordik's view, the
GoA is bound by a unanimous parliamentary resolution that presently
opposes any approval of new biotech corn varieties.
MCCAW#
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
GENEVA FOR USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ECON ETRD EU AU
SUBJECT: EU JUNE 8 STANDING COMMITTEE VOTE ON BIOTECH VARIETIES -
AUSTRIA REMAINS FIRMLY IN "NO" CAMP
REF: STATE 74307
1. On June 1, post conveyed reftel talking points to Ulrich Herzog,
Head of the Ministry of Health's Department for Consumer Health
(lead office),to Hans Kordik, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's
Department for EU Coordination, and to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of
the Ministry of Economics' Department for Multilateral Trade.
2. On June 5, we followed up with Kordik who said that Austria would
remain opposed to approval of the varieties. In Kordik's view, the
GoA is bound by a unanimous parliamentary resolution that presently
opposes any approval of new biotech corn varieties.
MCCAW#