Sofia, Bulgaria
July 3, 2003
from
Bulgarian News Network (BNN)
via Checkbiotech.org
Bulgaria will
adopt European Union rules to allow use of genetically modified
organisms (GMO) under a draft law that the government approved
Thursday, an expert said.
Licenses to
work with GMO will be issued after risk assessment under EU
standards, said Prof. Atanas Atanasov from the Agrarian
Biological Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture.
He said the assessment would make sure that GMO creation,
testing and commercialization would not endanger human health
and the environment.
The draft law does not concern foods and human and veterinary
medicines, for which separate regulations will be drafted,
Atanasov said.
It was not immediately clear when Parliament would vote on the
legislation. |