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    ACTA

    The Greens/ EFA group yesterday adopted an urgent appeal for transparency in the negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). With this action, the Greens/EFA protest against the decision by ACTA negotiators to keep a new version of the draft treaty secret after the 9th negotiatio...
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    Novel food

    The European Parliament today voted in second reading on the draft regulation on 'Novel foods'. Following the vote, Green MEP Bart Staes said: "Today, the European Parliament has sent a clear message to the Commission: we don't want clone food on our plates! Cloning causes unnecessary harm to a...
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    Vote to ban food from cloned animals

    Food from cloned animals should be banned according to MEPs who put the matter to the vote today. Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans has been campaigning for such a ban since 2008.The proposed new legislation would cover meat and dairy products from cloned animals as part of EU rules on so-called 'novel foo...
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    Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants

    Risk assessment on GM crops is a controversy subject in the European Union. EFSA is now about to publish its guidelines for a new procedure for GMO risk assessment, the so-called «step-by-step procedure». Greens/EFA MEPs Bélier and Bové have commissioned a study on this new procedure by an independent institute.
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    Electrical and electronic waste

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    e-fa News Round-Up June 2010

    The European Free Alliance (EFA) draws together political parties fighting for democracy and self-determination for the stateless nations and regions of Europe. European Free Alliance MEPs sit in a joint European parliamentary group with the Greens, making up the fourth largest group in parliament.E...
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    Food information

    The European Parliament today adopted a regulation on food information for consumers. Commenting on the vote, Green MEP Carl Schlyter, Vice-President of the Environment committee said: "The European Parliament today has taken a step forward in the direction of better consumer information, but misse...
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    SNP welcomes EU shift on healthcare

    SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed news that the EU is moving away from plans which would have treated the Scottish NHS as an economic competitor on a Europe-wide healthcare market.The European Commission had previously proposed legislation on cross-border healthcare provision under interna...
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    Copyright treaty for visually impaired

    Tomorrow, Tuesday June 8th, an EU Council working group coordinated by DG Internal Market and the Spanish Presidency will decide the EU position concerning the proposal for a Treaty for the visually impaired (sponsored by Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador and Paraguay) that shall be considered at the World In...
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    e-fa News Round-Up May 2010

    The European Free Alliance (EFA) draws together political parties fighting for democracy and self-determination for the stateless nations and regions of Europe. European Free Alliance MEPs sit in a joint European parliamentary group with the Greens, making up the fourth largest group in parliament.E...