"Brussels says no member state can prohibit GM crops"

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This is NOT new news but extremely important since I believe this decision re Eire was a whopping precedent-setter. Does anyone know if Ireland appealed this?

Best regards for 2005
James

"Brussels says no member state can prohibit GM crops"
Irish Independent; Nov 06, 2004

IRELAND will not be able to ban growing genetically modified (GM) crops within its boundaries, the EU Commission has warned. Macra na Feirme President Thomas Honner said it had been made clear to them in Brussels that no member state could ban GM crops and as certain crops had now been approved for use, they could be grown anywhere in the EU.

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