Press Release: EU and Argentina settle WTO case on Genetically Modified Organisms

The European Union and Argentina on 18 March 2010 signed in Buenos Aires a final settlement of the WTO dispute that Argentina brought against the EU in May 2003 regarding the application of its legislation on biotech products. The mutually agreed solution provides for the establishment of a regular dialogue on issues of mutual interest on biotechnology applied to agriculture. The EU and Argentina will notify this settlement to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body as a mutually agreed solution. A settlement of the WTO dispute that Canada brought against the EU regarding the same issue was reached on 15 July 2009.

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/10/86: Questions and Answers on the settlement of the WTO dispute between Argentina and the EU on GMOs http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/86&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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