Common Contracts

Council – Parliament agreement in second reading: Transboundary movements of GMOs

Regulation Concerning the Transboundary Movements of Genetically Modified Organisms (Gmos) • June 27th, 2003

• Contract Type
  Regulation Concerning the Transboundary Movements of Genetically Modified Organisms (Gmos)
• Filed
  June 27th, 2003

The Council and the European Parliament, in the framework of the co-decision procedure, have been able to reach agreement in second reading on the Regulation concerning the transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The agreement was endorsed by the Parliament on 4 June (majority of votes cast). The Council is expected to formally confirm the outcome at a forthcoming meeting (qualified majority voting procedure), most probably before the end of this month.