date:Dec 16, 2013
e new type of GMO maize, known as 1507, or face a similar outcome.
Today's legal judgment demolishes the Commission plans to rush through the approval of Pioneer-DuPont's GM maize 1507 for cultivation, Greenpeace's EU agriculture policy director, Marco Contiero, said in a statement.
Currently, only one GMO crop is grown commercially in Europe - an insect-resistant maize developed by Monsanto. It is sown on about 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) of farmland, mainly in Spain.
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