Two lawsuits directed against new European rules for a new generation of GMOs (so-called new genomic techniques – NGTs) were published today on the official judicial portal of the European Union.
The direct action was filed with the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and is directed against the legislative bodies, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. The NGT Regulation ...
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