The European Court of Justice
said on Wednesday that member States cannot adopt emergency
measures to ban the cultivation of GMO crops, as Italy did in
2013, unless there is evidence it could constitute a serious
risk to human health, animal health or the environment. A
directive approved in 2015 gave member States the ability to ban
the sowing of GMOs even if they are allowed at the EU level.
Italy is one of 17 States that took up this option.
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