Kingdom of Norway
Written Statement
On May 24, 2004, the Kingdom of Norway filed a third-party statement supporting the EC in its unofficial moratorium on new approvals of GMOs. The following is excerpted from that submission.The present case addresses certain issues relating to the trade and marketing of genetically modified organisms and products that incorporate such GMOs. More specifically, the United States, Canada, and Argentina have challenged the European Community’s so-called "moratorium" relating to approval of GMOs, both an alleged "general moratorium" on the assessment and approval of new applications and a "product-specific moratorium" relating to applications where the process of assessment and approval had…
