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09VIENNA202
2009-02-24 08:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:  

EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE VOTE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED

Tags:  ECON ETRD TBIO EUN AU 
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SIPDIS

GENEVA FOR USTR

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD TBIO EUN AU
SUBJECT: EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE VOTE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED

REF: STATE 14566

UNCLAS VIENNA 000202

SIPDIS

GENEVA FOR USTR

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD TBIO EUN AU
SUBJECT: EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE VOTE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED

REF: STATE 14566


1. Post delivered reftel demarche to contacts in Austria's Ministry
of Agriculture and Environment (Cabinet of the Minister and
departments of International Trade and Plant Cultivation),Ministry
of Health (departments of Biotechnology and Consumer Health),and
Economic Ministry (Department of Multilateral Trade and WTO
affairs).


2. Post did not receive a response to the demarche, but Austria has
a long history of opposing biotechnology varietals in agriculture,
both domestically and within the EU.

KILNER

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