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Morocco: Phytosanitary Control for Seed Potatoes

This report contains the unofficial translation of the phytosanitary control procedures for seed potato imports.
On August 29, 2018, the “Advisory Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms” of Japan’s Ministry of Environment held its second meeting to review recommendations made by the expert committee....
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Italy: Biotech Industry 2016

Again, this year, Italy’s biotechnology industry is characterized as a dynamic and promising sector, despite the difficult economic situation that biotech companies have to confront on a daily basis
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Philippines: Philippine Supreme Court Reverses Decision

In a July 26, 2016 press briefing, the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) reversed its December 2015 decision stopping the field testing, propagation, commercialization, and importation of genetically...
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Peru: New Biotechnology Regulations Maintain Status Quo

On the 20th of July, President Humala of Peru signed an Executive Decree N° 006-2016-MINAM with a procedure and plan for surveillance and early detection of genetically engineered organisms...