{"id":21098,"date":"2024-01-15T18:42:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/?p=21098"},"modified":"2024-01-15T18:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:42:48","slug":"eu-regulation-on-new-genomic-techniques-won-t-change-the-rules-for-gmo-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/en\/eu-regulation-on-new-genomic-techniques-won-t-change-the-rules-for-gmo-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Regulation on new genomic techniques won\u2019t change the rules for GMO foods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 8 December 2023, a member of \u201cThere is Such a People\u201d party (ITN), Toshko Yordanov, announced from the parliamentary rostrum that the government had approved the certification of GMO products in Bulgaria. In his <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">declaration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before parliament, the minister insisted that the government\u2019s decision:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would release new, untested GMO products into the environment;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would remove all regulations for GMOs;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would allow them to be sold without labelling or traceability;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would overturn our government\u2019s right to ban or regulate the cultivation of GMOs within our borders.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The announcement was widely publicised by news outlets and on social media<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of Yordanov\u2019s press statement that \u201cthere was an unofficial meeting of the Council of Ministers\u201d, the decision was in fact made during a regular government meeting on <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6 December 2023<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Council of Ministers approved Bulgaria\u2019s position before the EU Commission\u2019s Agriculture and Fisheries Council on the 11<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of December in Brussels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The issue concerns a proposed regulation on plants obtained through certain new genomic techniques, as well as their use in foods and animal feed. Bulgaria\u2019s position is that the country is satisfied with the recent changes to the text and could support reaching a compromise towards the case.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n                <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                    \r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2-160x120.png) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6-1-160x120.png) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item3 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3-1-160x120.png) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item4 {\r\n                        background: 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2938px\" alt=\"\">\r\n                            <\/a>\r\n                            \r\n                        <\/figure>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <div class = \"td-doubleSlider-2\">\r\n                            <div class = \"td-slider\">\r\n                                \r\n                    <div class = \"td-button td-item1\">\r\n                        <div class = \"td-border\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class = \"td-button td-item2\">\r\n                        <div class = \"td-border\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class = \"td-button td-item3\">\r\n                        <div class = \"td-border\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class = \"td-button td-item4\">\r\n                        <div class = \"td-border\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class = \"td-button td-item5\">\r\n                        <div class = \"td-border\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early in the morning of 8 December in a specially convened press conference, the \u201cBulgarian Nature\u201d Coalition <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expressed disagreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the prepared changes, arguing that the adoption of new GMO regulations would jeopardise Bulgaria\u2019s agricultural production and make its export more difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the same day at 18:00, a <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joint meeting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was held between the parliamentary committees on agriculture and European affairs. Early in the meeting it became clear that the Council of Ministers (CM) had <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">changed its position<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In a media statement from the government press centre, it was announced that Bulgaria would vote \u201cabstain\u201d in the 10\u201311 December meeting. The reason given for this decision was a parliamentary majority and opinions received by the CM from the non-governmental sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the discussion, most ministers admitted that they were not familiar with the proposed framework. They have decided, following the Agricultural Council meeting in Brussels, to invite representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and experts in order to familiarise themselves with the proposed Regulation text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussions on the new regulation on plants obtained through certain genomic techniques have been ongoing at the European level since 2021 with Bulgaria\u2019s participation. The document was officially presented by the EC in July of this year, and governments had the opportunity to comment or ask questions about the proposed changes until the end of November.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What are the new genomic techniques?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New genomic techniques have grown in popularity since Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier received the 2020 <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for developing a technology for \u201chigh-precision genome editing\u201d. The two researchers used a bacterial immune system to neutralise viruses by cutting out their DNA with a technique known as <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">genetic \u201cscissors\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is thought that the CRISPR\/Cas9 method could lead to new scientific discoveries, better agricultural crops, and new weapons in the fight against cancer and genetic diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CRISPR-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20901 size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"883\" height=\"912\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CRISPR-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"883\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CRISPR-1.jpg 883w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CRISPR-1-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CRISPR-1-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CRISPR-1-696x719.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet agriculture has strongly relied on genetic selection for centuries, biologist Dr. Yordan Stefanov <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explains on his blog<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cPeople have used archaic selection techniques, through which they have cultivated dozens of generations of the very same strain in the hope of preserving heritable change (mutation), a kind of genomic change, that will bring about <strong>the phenotype we desire<\/strong> \u2014 bigger fruits, sweeter taste, a more durable crop, higher yields\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As schoolchildren we learned about more contemporary attempts by <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gregor Mendel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with peas and his theory of inherited traits. Bulgarians also know the name famously associated with plant cross-pollination, <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ivan Michurin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in part because the modern-day town of Tsarevo bore it during socialism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/otdal_gibr.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20905 size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/otdal_gibr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/otdal_gibr.jpg 800w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/otdal_gibr-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/otdal_gibr-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/otdal_gibr-696x441.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New genomic techniques (NGT) represent different biotechnological methods which change an organism on another level \u2014 through genetic modification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s how the right characteristics are determined and selected from a plant\u2019s own DNA or that of a similar plant. Plant breeders can then use NGT to develop new traits or improve existing plants with better accuracy and speed than with conventional breeding technologies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the NGT-derived changes could be found in nature or brought about through traditional breeding methods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The applied techniques for <strong>targeted mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis<\/strong> are believed to be the closest to natural changes in an organism. Plants are either subjected to stressful conditions, resulting in a desired mutation, or transfer their genetic material to other plants that are compatible by nature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the use of other NGT products, other significant transformations can be undertaken. One such method is <strong>transgenesis<\/strong>, through which foreign genetic material can be introduced.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is everything genetically modified?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A \u201c\u2018genetically modified organism\u2019 (GMO) means an organism, with the exception of human beings, in which the genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating or natural recombination\u201d, states the GMO definition laid down in the <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Parliament Directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms of 2001<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then Appendix 1 A describes the techniques that are not considered to be genetic modification and therefore do not fall under the control of this regulation. These are mutagenesis and cell fusion, in which genetic material is exchanged through traditional breeding methods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, however, following a lawsuit by French farmers, the EU Court of Justice, guided by the <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">precautionary principle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ruled that <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the application of the genomic technique mutagenesis is a type of genetic modification and any organisms obtained through it should fall within the scope of GMO law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus, according to current EU legislation, all plant products where new genomic techniques are used fit within the category of genetically modified organisms (GMO) and are subject to the same regulation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What are the proposed changes to the GMO regulation?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EU Court ruling, rapid progress in biotechnologies in recent years and a lack of understanding about their results are partly why the EU Council tasked the EC in 2019 with an in-depth study on NGT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Commission\u2019s study revealed in 2021<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the existing GMO legislation does not keep pace with scientific and technological progress, nor does it sufficiently facilitate the exploitation or market release of products obtained through NGT innovations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EC\u2019s Joint Research Centre (JRC) conducts analysis on the latest scientific achievements in NGT and their development for various crop types, while the European Food Safety Authority considers scientific advice related to the <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">safety of these products<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the basis for the new regulatory framework. It <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">proposes different procedures for the release of plants obtained through NGT<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, depending on the techniques used. It aims to distinguish those varieties \u201cconsidered to be equivalent to conventional plants\u201d from other NGT-derived plants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plants modified through NGT are divided into two groups:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Category 1<\/strong> includes plants occurring in nature or obtained through conventional breeding via mutagenesis and cisgenesis. It is mandated that they cannot differ from the mother plant by more than 20 modifications.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before these products can be released on the market, they will be tested for their equivalence with conventional products. The verification procedure will be simplified considerably: with an application submitted to the competent authority in the respective EU country and providing information about the genetic modifications used. These plants will not necessitate a risk assessment because they are considered the same as naturally occurring products and can therefore be labelled as such.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the consumer level, traceability will be assured through the creation of a publicly accessible register where the plants in this group will be listed.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Category 2<\/strong> comprises all other plants obtained through NGT. The existing legislation on GMOs applies to them, as it has up to now. They can be released on the market following a risk assessment, and only after the authorisation procedure is complete. These plants are subject to special labelling and tracking. <\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Nowhere in the new Regulation is it indicated that the regulations for all GMO cultivation will be dropped.<\/strong> The new framework doesn\u2019t affect <strong>member states\u2019 right to ban GMO cultivation within their borders, and this option is thus not being removed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only GMO approved for cultivation in the EU is MON 810 corn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is grown in Spain and Portugal, but 18 of the 27 EU states have restricted or banned its cultivation anywhere within their borders. Bulgaria is among the countries which have imposed a total ban.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>For and against the new framework<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public consultations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before the document\u2019s release demonstrate a stark divide between those in favour and those against the proposal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arguments \u201cfor\u201d include the removal of heavy regulatory and bureaucratic burdens in the use of NGT, the opportunity for innovation in crop production, product sustainability, and the fight against climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the proposal\u2019s proponents are the biggest agricultural lobbyists in the EU: COPA-COGECA, COCERAL (grain traders), FEDIOL (vegetable oil and protein flour producers), and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponents to the idea of categorising NGTs are largely smaller farmers\u2019 unions and organisations involved in organic farming, ecology, and healthy eating. Their concerns are that agricultural producers\u2019 freedom will be taken away and it will disturb the balance between nature and biodiversity. A number of organisations also envision an attempted \u201ccorporate takeover\u201d by the bigger agrochemical companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the naysayers to these changes are IFOAM Organics Europe (organic farming movement), Friends of the Earth Europe, Slow Food, and others. At a meeting held in February of this year, they delivered a petition to the EC that had been signed by 420,000 EU citizens and in which they insisted all GMOs should be \u201cregulated and labelled\u201d \u2014 including those derived from so-called new genomic techniques \u2014 in accordance with the current EU directive on GMOs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The EC Proposal has already been discussed several times in the EU Council <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Member states <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are voicing concerns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the issue has not been researched well enough and they are worried about the testing to be carried out on category-1 products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bulgaria has requested additional clarification regarding the coexistence of NGT-derived products and those of conventional or organic farming and the protection of biodiversity, on equal access to the gene pool for selection activity, and about the prohibition of patent restrictions in that regard, as well as consumers\u2019 right to make informed choices about NGT products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Spanish Presidency of the EU Council (June\u2013December 2023) <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suggested editing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> some of the texts which, as it says in the ICJ decision, have \u201csatisfied the Bulgarian side to a large extent\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the latest meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 11 December, the ministers <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did not reach a compromise regarding the case<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in an unofficial vote, expressing concerns about safety, labelling, and social acceptance of the changes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bulgaria voted \u201cabstain\u201d, and Minister of Agriculture Kiril Vatev explained the country\u2019s position with \u201c<\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">political sensitivity on the subject and public opinion regarding this issue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Sources<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><strong>\u0420\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0421, \u0441 \u043a\u043e\u0435\u0442\u043e \u0411\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0434\u043a\u0440\u0435\u043f\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\u0442\u043e \u0437\u0430 \u0440\u0435\u0433\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430, \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0447\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u043d\u044f\u043a\u043e\u0438 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438 \u0433\u0435\u043d\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0438 \u0442\u0435\u0445\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438, \u0438 \u0445\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0438 \u0444\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043e\u0442 \u0442\u044f\u0445: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bta.bg\/bg\/news\/bulgaria\/oficial-messages\/582315-ministerski-savet-resheniya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.bta.bg\/bg\/news\/bulgaria\/oficial-messages\/582315-ministerski-savet-resheniya<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0421\u044a\u0432\u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0441\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u041a\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u043f\u043e \u0437\u0435\u043c\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0435 \u0438 \u041a\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u043f\u043e \u0435\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0432\u044a\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438, \u0441 \u043a\u043e\u0435\u0442\u043e \u0441\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0438\u0446\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u201c\u0432\u044a\u0437\u0434\u044a\u0440\u0436\u0430\u043b \u0441\u0435\u201d:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.bg\/bg\/parliamentarycommittees\/3211\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/www.parliament.bg\/bg\/parliamentarycommittees\/3211<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041d\u043e\u0431\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u0445\u0438\u043c\u0438\u044f 2020: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/chemistry\/2020\/summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/chemistry\/2020\/summary\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041a\u0430\u043a\u0432\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0432\u0430 \u0433\u0435\u043d\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0446\u0430: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nature09886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nature09886<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0414-\u0440 \u0419\u043e\u0440\u0434\u0430\u043d \u0421\u0442\u0435\u0444\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u0431\u043b\u043e\u0433: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/6nine.net\/2023\/12\/10\/8-laji-na-toshko-yordanov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/6nine.net\/2023\/12\/10\/8-laji-na-toshko-yordanov\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041a\u043e\u0439 \u0435 \u0413\u0440\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0440 \u041c\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0435\u043b: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\/topicpage\/gregor-mendel-and-the-principles-of-inheritance-593\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\/topicpage\/gregor-mendel-and-the-principles-of-inheritance-593\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041a\u043e\u0439 \u0435 \u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d \u041c\u0438\u0447\u0443\u0440\u0438\u043d:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/megabook.ru\/article\/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%87%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%20%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/megabook.ru\/article\/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%87%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%20%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0414\u0438\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0415\u041f \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e \u0441\u044a\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u043d\u043e\u0442\u043e \u043e\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e \u043c\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0444\u0438\u0446\u0438\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438 \u043e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0437\u043c\u0438 \u0432 \u043e\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u0442 2001 \u0433.: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/BG\/TXT\/PDF\/?uri=CELEX:32001L0018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/BG\/TXT\/PDF\/?uri=CELEX:32001L0018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0446\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u0430\u0437\u043b\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0442\u0430: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.era-comm.eu\/Introduction_EU_Environmental_Law\/EN\/module_2\/module_2_10.html#:~:text=Where%20there%20is%20uncertainty%20about,wait%20until%20the%20harm%20materialises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.era-comm.eu\/Introduction_EU_Environmental_Law\/EN\/module_2\/module_2_10.html#:~:text=Where%20there%20is%20uncertainty%20about,wait%20until%20the%20harm%20materialises<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0420\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0421\u044a\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0415\u0421 \u043e\u0442 2018 \u0433.: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curia.europa.eu\/juris\/document\/document.jsf?text=&amp;docid=204387&amp;pageIndex=0&amp;doclang=bg&amp;mode=lst&amp;dir=&amp;occ=first&amp;part=1&amp;cid=1991979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/curia.europa.eu\/juris\/document\/document.jsf?text=&amp;docid=204387&amp;pageIndex=0&amp;doclang=bg&amp;mode=lst&amp;dir=&amp;occ=first&amp;part=1&amp;cid=1991979<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0443\u0447\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0415\u041a \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e \u041d\u0413\u0422: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/food.ec.europa.eu\/plants\/genetically-modified-organisms\/new-techniques-biotechnology\/ec-study-new-genomic-techniques_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/food.ec.europa.eu\/plants\/genetically-modified-organisms\/new-techniques-biotechnology\/ec-study-new-genomic-techniques_en<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0410\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437 \u043d\u0430 \u0421\u044a\u0432\u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0438\u0437\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044a\u0440 \u043d\u0430 \u0415\u041a (JRC): <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/repository\/handle\/JRC121847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/repository\/handle\/JRC121847<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0415\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u043e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d \u0437\u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u0445\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 &#8211; \u043d\u0430\u0443\u0447\u043d\u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0449\u0430, \u0441\u0432\u044a\u0440\u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438 \u0441 \u041d\u0413\u0422 \u0438 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0443\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0435: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.efsa.europa.eu\/en\/efsajournal\/pub\/6314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.efsa.europa.eu\/en\/efsajournal\/pub\/6314<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u201e\u0420\u0435\u0433\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430, \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0447\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u043d\u044f\u043a\u043e\u0438 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438 \u0433\u0435\u043d\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0438 \u0442\u0435\u0445\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438, \u0445\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0438 \u0444\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043e\u0442 \u0442\u044f\u0445\u201c:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/BG\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:52023PC0411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/BG\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:52023PC0411<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0413\u041c\u041e, \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u0438\u0437\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0435 \u0432 \u0415\u0421: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/EPRS\/EP-answers-New-GMO-legislation-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/EPRS\/EP-answers-New-GMO-legislation-EN.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041d\u0413\u0422 \u0432\u044a\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438 \u0438 \u043e\u0442\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/bg\/qanda_23_3568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/bg\/qanda_23_3568<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0431\u0441\u044a\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u044f\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u0420\u0435\u0433\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/13119-Legislation-for-plants-produced-by-certain-new-genomic-techniques_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/13119-Legislation-for-plants-produced-by-certain-new-genomic-techniques_en<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0418\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0435\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u0421\u044a\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0415\u0421:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/data.consilium.europa.eu\/doc\/document\/ST-16443-2023-INIT\/bg\/pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/data.consilium.europa.eu\/doc\/document\/ST-16443-2023-INIT\/bg\/pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0420\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043b\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043e\u0442 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0444\u0438\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u043d\u043e\u0442\u043e \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430 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