WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/EEC/6/Add.1
26 May 2003
(03-2819)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 21 May 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 GMOs
This notice provides information on the present status of the Commission's " Proposal for a
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Genetically Modified Food and Feed "
COM(2001)425 final, notified in notice G/TBT/N/EEC/6 (30 August 2001) and
G/TBT/N/EEC/6/Corr .1 (31 October 2001) 1
In accordance with the co-decision procedure foreseen in Article 251 of the E.C. 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’s 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 2001/0173 (COD) – has been forwarded to the
European Parliament (EP) for a second reading.  The Commission can inform that the EP’s 2nd
reading is expected to be finalised by July 2003.  Information on the progress of this proposal isavailable in:
http://europa.eu.int/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=166859
The document was published in the Official Journal of the European Union N° C 113 E/03
of 13 May 2003 and can also be obtained from the EEC Enquiry Point.
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1 Also notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/149 (14 February 2002) – Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures.