EU plans to deregulate NGT plants contradict international law – Testbiotech

An expert report commissioned by the German Federal Government shows that the planned deregulation of plants from New Genetic Engineering (NGT) contradicts international law. Legal experts at the University of Freiburg examined the compatibility of the deregulation of NGT plants proposed by the EU Commission with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The protocol has been in force since 2003 and sets internationally binding standards for risk ass…