WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/149/Add.2
11 April 2003
(03-2008)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 9 April 2003, has been received from the
European Communities.
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Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for food or feed use, food and feed containing, consisting of
or produced from
This notice provides information on the present status of the Commission " Proposal for a
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed "
COM(2001)425 final, notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/149  (14 February 2002).1
In accordance with the co-decision procedure foreseen in Article 251 of the Treaty the
proposal was submitted to the European Parliament (EP) that - on a first reading - has introduced
changes.  Now the Council, after examining the amendments contained in the EP opinion, has adopted
a "Common position with a view to the adoption of Regulation of the European Parliament and of the
Council on genetically modified food and feed ".  This Common position, in Council Document
5204/3/03 Rev.3 - Inter-institutional file 2001/0176 (COD) - will be forwarded to the EP for a second
reading.  The Commission is not in a position to inform about a possible calendar for further steps.
Information about the progress of this proposal is available at:
http://europa.eu.int/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=166859
The notified document (Council Document 5204/3/03 Rev.3 - Inter-institutional file
2001/0176 (COD)) can be obtained from the EEC Enquiry Point.
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1 Also notified under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) in notice G/TBT/N/EEC/6
(30 August 2001) and G/TBT/N/EEC/6/Corr.1 (31 October 2001).