On 7th May, 2008, the EU Commission lifted the import ban on GM maize lines MON810 and T25. However, the cultivation of GMO and the utilisation of genetically modified products cannot be anticipated in Austria at present. The Austrian Minister of Health, Andrea Kdolsky, has spoken of a voluntary agreement among the ...[more]

The European Court of Justice (ECJ)  has declared the cultivation ban on genetically modified plants in Upper Austria to be invalid. In doing so, the court dismissed an appeal by the Austrian federal state, which had attempted to defy the ECJ in enforcing a law to prohibit the use ...[more]

On 18 December, the Council of European Ministers of the Environment agreed to support the Austrian import ban on the GM maize lines MON810 and T25. With this decision, the Council voted against the proposal of the European Commission, which had asked member states to remove national ...[more]