Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "EuropaBio" produced 21 items.
| 1. No one is a winner with Commission's GM plan | July 29, 2010 |
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The Commission needs to do more to convince the public that genetically modified crops are safe. |
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| 2. Member states to get greater say over cultivation of GM crops | June 10, 2010 |
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Commission seeks to give governments more of a say over planting of GMs. The national governments of the EU are to be offered more freedom to choose whether they want to... |
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| 3. Amflora danger | April 1, 2010 |
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The genetically modified potato risks reducing the efficacy of life-saving medicines. When the European Commission authorised the GM potato Amflora earlier this month, it... | |
| 4. EuropaBio: The European Association for Bioindustries | February 18, 2010 |
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Director of Green Biotechnology EuropaBio ( | |
| 5. Science is vital to meeting the food-supply challenge | December 17, 2009 |
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The paramount importance of science is one point on which views in the agricultural industry converge. In a recent letter (“GM food for thought”, 19-25 November), Willy... |
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| 6. Putting the case for lobbying | September 10, 2009 |
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Hostility to lobbying is commonplace and widespread, but it is an integral part of the political landscape. Lobbying has become something of a dirty word. The European... |
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| 7. Pressure mounts on national GM bans | February 26, 2009 |
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Environment ministers to vote on maize bans; concerns over reaction of US to Europe's stance. National ministers for the environment will vote next week (2 March) on whether... | |
| 8. ‘Industry is held hostage by some member states' | August 28, 2008 |
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The European biotech industry has to improve its performance in influencing EU regulation, according to its trade association's new secretary-general. “We sometimes feel... |
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| 9. Movers and shakers | April 18, 2008 |
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õ Lazar Comanescu, Romania's permanent representative to the EU in Brussels, has been appointed foreign minister by Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu. Comanescu has... | |
| 10. EU needs a regulatory cure to fight rare diseases | August 3, 2006 |
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Since 70-80% of rare diseases have a genetic origin, biotechnology offers enormous opportunities for the development of breakthrough treatments. There have already been some... | |
| 11. Defining SMEs | January 12, 2006 |
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Your article 'Bio-tech boost misses SMEs' (21 December 2005-11 January 2006) mis-stated the new thresholds for inclusion in the definition of SMEs, which are an annual... | |
| 12. Movers & Shakers | June 16, 2005 |
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Robert Kagan has joined the German Marshall Fund of the United States' Brussels office as a transatlantic fellow. Kagan, whose latest book, Of Paradise and Power, is one of... | |
| 13. Syngenta told to explain GM blunder | April 7, 2005 |
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The European Commission and environmental groups have reacted with fury this week to the news that an unauthorised strain of genetically modified (GM) maize has been exported... | |
| 14. Huge white biotechnology investment is needed to reap benefits, say scientists | January 22, 2004 |
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THE EU must invest heavily in industrial biotechnology research to boost both environmental and economic growth, say Belgian scientists. Biological processes, known as white... | |
| 15. UK and Dutch shoppers happier than most to buy GM products | April 11, 2002 |
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DUTCH and UK consumers are more willing to buy genetically modified (GM) foods than other Europeans, according to new research. The findings are due to be unveiled at... | |
| 16. Ban on GMOs widens biotech industry divide | March 15, 2001 |
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THE decision by six member states to maintain an unofficial ban on genetically-modified food leaves plant biotech companies at a crossroads. The statement by France,... | |
| 17. Anti-GMO cloud hangs over debate on EU legislation | October 7, 1999 |
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THE debate surrounding the licensing procedures for new crops and seeds containing genetically modified organisms is becoming increasingly irrelevant. As the tide of public... | |
| 18. Greece to call for GM ban | June 17, 1999 |
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GREECE will next week call on its EU partners to introduce a temporary ban on all new varieties of genetically modified crops and seeds. Athens has confirmed that Greek... | |
| 19. Dutch take life patents dispute to Court | October 22, 1998 |
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THE Dutch government is challenging the EU's 'life patents' directive in the European Court of Justice, reopening a debate which appeared to have been settled earlier this... | |
| 20. Charting the future without fear | July 17, 1997 |
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BIO and EuropaBio – the American and European biotechnology industry organisations – held their annual conference and exhibitions last month, one in Houston, Texas, the... | |
