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POSTnote. It was first published on Tuesday, 25 March 2014. It was last updated on Tuesday, 25 March 2014.


Regulating biotechnology

EC Directives on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been criticised as too precautionary and placing the European biotechnology industry at a competitive disadvantage. Measures to resolve this are underway, but need to avoid conflict with a major parallel exercise to set biotechnology standards.

This POSTnote considers how far the standard-setting process is in step with the gathering pace of biotechnology deregulation.

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Secondary information

Type
Research briefing
Reference
POST-PN-55 
Subjects
Biotechnology Enforcement EU law Standards Regulation
Published by
POST
Link
View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk