CEPLAS welcomes EU provisional agreement on the regulation of new genomic techniques

CEPLAS welcomes the recent agreement at EU level on the future regulation of new genomic techniques. The trilogue compromise reached is an important step toward creating innovation-friendly conditions for research and the development of sustainable agriculture in Europe. 

“This agreement is a major and long-awaited step forward for plant research in Europe", says Maria von Korff, speaker of CEPLAS. "It will significantly accelerate progress by allowing scientists to use modern genome-editing tools under a clear and supportive framework. It will help speed up the research and development of more resilient and sustainable crops, strengthening Europe’s research capacity and its environmental and agricultural goals.”

Read the press release of EU SAGE, a network representing European plant scientitsts.