Is the European Regulation on GMOs Still Justified?

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The products of transgenesis (regulated GMOs) are subject in the European Union to the provisions of Directive 2001/18/EC, on which the authorities base the granting of the required approvals.

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Regnault-Roger, C. (2023). Is the European Regulation on GMOs Still Justified?. In: Biotech Challenges. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38237-6_7

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