NGT: "Many shortcomings in the Commission's proposal" (France Nature Environnement)

"Having warned in vain for several years about the dangers of deregulating GMOs derived from NGTs, we are now officially expressing our deepest concerns about this proposal. We have noted numerous shortcomings and failings in the way in which the Commission has prepared and drafted its legislative proposal", state 13 French organisations for the defence of citizens, the environment and organic farming, including FNE, in a letter sent to the European Commission on 21/02/2026, they announced on 16/03/2026.

According to the group of signatories, the exemption for NTGs is based on :
• "paradigms without sufficient scientific basis, even erroneous, despite numerous scientific studies and warnings that the Commission could not ignore,
• shortcomings in consultations and impact studies on fundamental points, such as the classification criteria between NGT 1 and NGT 2, as well as inconsistencies in institutional expertise,
• a lack of consistency with existing legislation, with principles invoked by the Proposal itself, and with certain conclusions of its own scientific agencies".

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