Policy paper

EM on amendment to EU regulation 2017/625 (COM(2023)411)

The government's summary of a proposal to introduce a new regulatory framework for plants, and derived food and feed, developed through new genomic techniques.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 18 August 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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EM on an amendment to EU regulation 2017/625 concerning genomic techniques for plants

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This explanatory memorandum is about a European Commission proposal for a regulation of the EP and Council on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending regulation (EU) 2017/625.

It was submitted by the Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Published 18 August 2023