Commission of the European Communities

Directorate General Press and Communication:

• Life Sciences and Biotechnology - A strategic vision

Directorate General Agriculture:

• GM crop co-existence

Directorate General Environment:

• Biotechnology in the Environment

Horizontal legislation on the deliberate release of GMO's, the contained use of GMOs and general legislative issues related to biodiversity and biosafety:

• Deliberate release of GMO's
• Contained use of GMO's
• Legislation

Directorate General Research:

• Biotechnology Research - Safety of GMOs

• Joint Research Centre: Reference samples and validated test protocols

(Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the Commission is co-ordinating a network of competent authorities and laboratories from the Member States in the EU and third countries. The main objective of this network is to provide laboratories with appropriate reference samples and with validated test protocols to improve the existing protocols. Biotechnology and Life Science, European Commission)

Publications Office:

• EUR-LEX The Portal of European Law - Database

The following links should not be considered as a statement of European Commission views. The European Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in the material or studies, nor does it accept responsibility for any use made thereof

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - www.oecd.org/home/

Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) - www.fao.org/biotech/index.asp?lang=en

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - www.undp.org

UNDP Human Development Report 2001 (Full report) - www.undp.org/hdr2001/pr2.pdf

UNDP Human Development Report 2001 GMO - www.undp.org/hdr2001/pr2.pdf