WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/EEC/7/Add.1
26 May 2003
(03-2816)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 21 May 2003, has been received from the
European Communities.
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Products that contain or comprise genetically modified organisms and food and feed products
produced from genetically modified organisms
This notice provides information on the present status of the Commission's "Proposal for a
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Concerning the Labelling and Traceability
of Genetically Modified Organisms and the Traceability of Food and Feed Products Produced fromGenetically Modified Organisms and Amending Directive 2001/18/EC" COM(2001)182, notified in
G/TBT/N/EEC/7  (30 August 2001) and G/TBT/N/EEC/7/Corr.1 (31 October 2001).
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In accordance with the co-decision procedure foreseen in Article 251 of the E.C.-Treaty the
proposal was submitted to the European Parliament (EP), which on first reading, adopted amendments
in its opinion to introduce changes to the text. The Council, after examining these amendments, has
now adopted a " Common Position with a View to the Adoption of a Regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council Concerning the Traceability and the Labelling of
Genetically Modified Organisms and the Traceability of Food and Feed Products Produced from
Genetically Modified Organisms and Amending Directive 2001/18/EC."   This Common position, as
laid down in Council Document - Inter-institutiona l file 2001/0180 (COD) - has since been forwarded
to the European Parliament (EP) for second reading.  The Commission anticipates that the EP’s 2ndreading is likely to be finalised by July 2003.  Information on the progress of this proposal is available
in:
http://europa.eu.int/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=167160
The document was published in the Official Journal of the European Union N° C 113 E/02
of 13 May 2003 and can also be obtained from the EEC Enquiry Point.
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1 Also notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/150 (14 February 2002) – Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures.