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Time for the European Commission to act
When adopting Implementing Regulation No 503/2013, the European Commission included a mandatory 90-day feeding trial for GM food and feed risk assessment. During their final conference, GRACE, a European Commission project initiated in 2012, determined that there is no scientific justification for a mandatory 90-day feeding study, but instead it should be hypothesis-driven and case-by-case. EuropaBio firmly believes that the EU risk assessment should respect the case-by-case approach and only request studies with scientific added value depending on the properties of each individual GMO.
Towards a low-carbon, secure and competitive economy
The first State of the Energy Union Report looks at progress made over the last nine months, identifies key action areas for 2016 and provides policy conclusions at Member State, regional and European level. Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission, said: "My messages for 2016 are clear. First, the EU should continue to lead in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Second, that transition should be socially fair and consumer-centred. And third, the geopolitical challenges that we faced this year will not go away." Do you know that the bioeconomy helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions? How do we make it a reality?
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Flashback in pictures to EFIB 2015
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Healthcare biotech
The European Commission is proposing to review the 2003 Communication on orphan medicinal products to streamline the regulatory framework and to adapt the Communication to technical progress. The 2003 Communication will be replaced by a notice and public consultations will be open until 15 February 2016.
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