INDIA
[25 September 2006]
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2.Has your country developed any platform/discussion forum / national committee etc. dealing with genetically modified trees?
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3.Does your country have any guidelines or regulations for minimizing the impacts of genetically modified trees for scientific and / or commercial purposes?
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IRELAND
[19 November 2007]
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1. Does your country have any plantations, either commercial or experimental, of genetically modified trees?
Ireland has no plantations of genetically modified trees. There is no policy in Ireland to allow for the planting of GMO trees.
If yes, please answer all remaining questions.
If no, please state the reason why:
2. Has your country developed any platform/discussion forum/national committee etc. dealing with genetically modified trees?
If yes, please answer the remaining questions.
If no, please state the reason why:
3. Does your country have any guidelines or regulations for minimizing the impacts of genetically modified trees for scientific and/or commercial purposes?
If yes, please list them according to the categories below:
If no, please explain the reason why here:
ITALY
[19 November 2007]
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1. Does your country have any plantations, either commercial or experimental, of genetically modified trees?
In the framework of CONECOFOR Programme, it’s being carried out by Italy the GMO & BIODIVERSITY Project, co-financed on the basis of Reg. CE no.2152/2003 Forest Focus and concerning some trials on specimens of Prunus avium, Olea europea and Vitis vinifera, respectively the first and the second at Tuscia University of Viterbo, and the third one at Ancona University.
2. Has your country developed any platform/discussion forum/national committee etc. dealing with genetically modified trees?
2001/18/CE Directive was incorporated within Italian legislation with D. Lgs. 224/2003. Ministry of Environment, Territory Protection and Sea of Italy is the National Competent Authority (ANC) on OGM matters; that Authority is supported by an Interministerial Assessment Commission (CIV) with regard to acceptance and evaluation of related applications.
3. Does your country have any guidelines or regulations for minimizing the impacts of genetically modified trees for scientific and/or commercial purposes?
D. Lgs. 224/2003 has fixed the promulgation of a specific national law, containing guidelines for risk assessment on agricultural biodiversity, agricultural systems and agricultural and food- row.
At the moment, 21 technical protocols are being approved by a Technical Coordination Committee established in Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forests Policies of Italy (MIPAAF); these protocols also regard specimens of Prunus avium, Olea europea, Vitis vinifera, Malus pupila, Populus spp, Prunus domestica, Citrus spp.
lATVIA
[19 November 2007]
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Does your country have any plantations, either commercial or experimental, of genetically modified trees?
If yes, please answer all remaining questions.
If no, please state the reason why:
To date, having regard available data, there are neither commercial nor experimental plantations of genetically modified trees (hereinafter-GM trees) in Latvia.
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Has your country developed any platform/discussion forum/national committee etc dealing with genetically modified trees?
If yes, please answer all remaining questions.
If no, please state the reason why:
There is no specific platform, discussion forum or committee set up in Latvia to deal with GM trees.
The government has not elaborated specific platform or position to deal with GM trees as there have not been any applications or real interest in this regard so far.
No one scientific institution has been interested in starting experiments with GM trees, thereby no one application has been submitted to the Competent Authority to get permit and start experimental release of GM trees.
The Food and Veterinary service established scientific Committee which serves as an advisory body with respect to scientific evaluation of all GMO applications (contained use, deliberate release into the environment and placing on the market).
The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for coordination of the National GMO Working Group activities with regard to elaboration and presentation of the national positions in the field of GMO and biotechnology. In principle, if needed, the issue of GMO trees could be discussed there and national position will be prepared and adopted by the Cabinet of Ministres of the Republic of Latvia.
There is possibility for all Member States if needed to raise and discuss this issue in regular meetings of the competent authorities under Directive 2001/18/EC or in the Council Working Party on International Environmental Issues (Biodiversity).
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Does your country have any guidelines or regulations for minimizing the impacts of genetically modifed trees for scientific and/or commercial purposes?
Latvia does not have any guidelines for using GM trees.
European Community rules on the deliberate release into the environment and placing on the market of GMOs which fully implemented into national legislation also apply to GM trees.
In accordance with the definition of GMOs provided in Article 2 of Directive 2001/18/EC GM trees may only be introduced into the environment in conformity with Part B (research purposes) or Part C (commercial use) of the Directive, respectively. The provisions require a prior authorisation to be granted on the basis of a full environmental risk assessment.
The Directive 90/219/EEC provisions to undertake contained use activities with GM plants (including GM trees) have been transposed into the National legislation as well.
The national Regulation includes requirements for risk assessments to be carried out taking into account potential adverse effects on environment and health. Cultural and socio-economic impacts of genetically modified trees could be taken into consideration in the risk management phase of decisions on the deliberate release of GM trees, as appropriate.
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