Following three days of intense debate, the French Sénat adopted a revised draft of a new biotechnology law on Friday guaranteeing farmers "the freedom to produce with or without genetically modified organisms". On the very same day, the Minister of Agriculture, Michel Barnier, officially notified ...[more]

The “Grenelle de l’environnement”, a current large-scale, four-month forum organised by the French government to address a wide range of environmental issues, is aimed at providing a stage for the development of national policies. Rules for the usage of ...[more]

France has adopted two decrees which regulate the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment. The new legislation includes specific rules for the co-existence of GM cultivation and conventional agriculture, such as the requirement of isolation distances of 50 metres ...[more]