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ACRE advice: applications to market GM oilseed rape

ACRE's advice on applications to market genetically modified oilseed rape.

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ACRE's advice on applications to market GM oilseed rape in England

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GM oilseed rape which is still approved for marketing in the UK

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Generic advice ACRE has provided for applications to market herbicide-tolerant oilseed rape for uses excluding cultivation. This advice applies where ACRE considers a GM oilseed rape variety poses no greater risk to human health and the environment than non-GM varieties.

Prior to the UK’s exit from the EU, applications to market GM crops in the UK were made at EU level, and approval applied across the UK. On leaving the EU, the UK continued to recognise existing EU-level approvals. Following the UK’s exit from the EU, products are approved for marketing separately in each territory of GB.

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Published 10 January 2014
Last updated 15 April 2025 show all updates
  1. Updated the application list in 'ACRE's advice on applications to market GM oilseed rape in England’.

  2. Updated the list of applications to market GM oilseed rape in England and the list of GM oilseed rape which is still approved for marketing in the UK.

  3. Updated ACRE's advice on applications to market GM oilseed rape in England.

  4. We've added ACRE's advice on applications to market genetically modified oilseed rape in England.

  5. Updated the advice with the latest version. Removed reference to the EU from the summary.

  6. Table in Annex 1 updated to include 2017 entry for EFSA/GMO/NL/2013/119.

  7. Added Ms8 x Rf3 x GT73 (glufosinate-ammonium- and glyphosate-tolerant) to the list.

  8. Updated the list of GM marketing applications on which ACRE has advised. This now includes MON88302 oilseed rape.

  9. First published.

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