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"Mr President, as regards the initiative, you know that this new system has not come into force yet. However, we are naturally following all citizens’ initiatives on this issue with great interest. In fact, the commissioner responsible met with the sponsors of this initiative even though it has not yet been formally approved.
As regards the present question, we will be continuing to apply the legislation in its current form. We do not have a better alternative to EFSA. This is an independent agency which was set up to provide opinions. The agency gathers expert information on this subject and, of course, we need to abide by the opinions it issues. We are therefore going to continue abiding by Community law on this subject. The Commission cannot decide to suspend the application of Community law.
I have already told you quite openly that I am not happy with the system governing GMOs in Europe. I am not happy with it because I do not think it is clear enough. However, this is the system that I am obliged to adhere to."@en1
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