USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
GAIN Report Number: E36050
Approved by: Norval Francis, U.S. Mission to the EU
Prepared by: Mary Kate Francis

Report Highlights

On March 9, 2006, the European Commission released a report on coexistence, the concurrent cultivation of conventional, organic and biotech crops in the European Union. It discusses coexistence legislation at the EU level and the Member State level. Overall, the Commission concludes that the development of a harmonized approach to supranational coexistence legislation is not necessary at the present time, largely because the EU has limited experience with biotech crops. The Commission will hold a conference on coexistence in Vienna, Austria on April 5-6.

This report in PDF format: http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200603/146187203.pdf