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". – Mr President, I would like first to thank the rapporteur, Mr Bowe, and the members of the committee for their excellent and flexible cooperation during conciliation on such a complex piece of legislation.
We are now nearing the end of a long debate which started as long ago as December 1996 when the Commission presented the report on the review of Directive 90/220 concerning GMOs. During that period the European public has become increasingly aware of the application of new technologies and has raised genuine and rightful concerns, in particular, with respect to the different ways that biotechnology can affect everyday life. The Commission has no doubt that this piece of legislation responds to these concerns in a transparent and responsible manner and constitutes an important first milestone towards restoring public and market confidence. During the debate, several Members of Parliament reminded the Commission of its intention to present appropriate proposals concerning traceability and labelling of GMOs and products derived from them.
The process has already started and I can confirm that the interservice consultation within the Commission on a draft proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation concerning traceability and labelling of GMOs was launched yesterday and will be decided in the Commission at the beginning of March.
This proposal will, among other things, ensure that each consumer product which contains a GMO will be marked as such on the label. It will also ensure that GMOs can be identified at all stages of the production chain. It will allow control measures for withdrawal from the market in case of unforeseen events after placing on the market and appropriate labelling. By June 2001 the Commission will present labelling proposals which are designed to give consumers more information about food derived from GMOs. We are in particular considering moving away from the present approach of the DNA-protein criterion. Such an approach will give consumers maximum choice between genetically modified and conventional products. These proposals will include processed food in the labelling systems.
Finally, I will again reaffirm the Commission's intention to present before the end of the year, a proposal for a directive on environmental liability which will include GMOs. As I said before, we are now approaching the end of a long debate concerning the revision of Directive 90/220. This text already includes general legal obligations concerning traceability and labelling. It will set the basic rules for an overall legislative framework in biotechnology. It is therefore of the utmost importance that this directive is adopted now, paving the way towards a strict, transparent, efficient and predictable authorisation system for GMOs."@en1
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