Written question asked by Joan Ruddock (Labour) on Friday, 26 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 June 2004. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Monday, 14 June 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the variations are in the conditions to the Part C consent for Chardon LL which she has submitted for consideration by the French competent authority.

Answer: Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the variations are in the conditions to the Part C consent for Chardon LL, which she has submitted for consideration by the French competent authority. [164976] Mr. Morley: Chardon LL is a variety of GM maize carrying the GM event T25 from Bayer CropScience, which was granted a consent in 1998 under part C of Directive 90/220 by the relevant French competent authority on behalf of all EU member states. On 9 March 2004, officials wrote to the French Competent Authority seeking amendments to this consent to limit herbicide use with the crop in line with advice from the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment. A copy of the letter to the French Competent Authority has been published on the Defra website and placed on the GM public register.

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