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Document 91997E002124

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2124/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Council. Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Safety tests

IO C 102, 3.4.1998, p. 14 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

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91997E2124

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2124/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Council. Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Safety tests

Official Journal C 102 , 03/04/1998 P. 0014


WRITTEN QUESTION E-2124/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (24 June 1997)

Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Safety tests

In the event of authorization being given for a genetically modified plant line pursuant to the varieties directive, following thorough testing of the change in its metabolites are all plants resulting from cross-breeding from this line tested for possible metabolitic change?

Joint answer to Written Questions E-2112/97, E-2116/97, E-2124/97 and E-2142/97 (31 October 1997)

The conditions for implementing Directives 70/457/EEC ((OJ L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1. )) and 70/458/EEC ((OJ L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 7. )) and Regulation No 258/97 ((OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1. )) concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients, adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 189b of the Treaty, as regards authorization and labelling procedures are specified in Article 3(2) of that Regulation.

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