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Romania - GE status

Cultivation

RR soya144 000 ha in 2006- 144 000 ha in 2006

- banned since 2007

Plum trees- 160 trees destroyed in 2005 - 2006

Newleaf potato- experiments – destroyed in 2005

MON810- 331 ha in 2007- 7146 ha in 2008- forecast – EU GMO top producer according to US oficials

F d & kFood & market

- no GE labeled food on the market- most of the retailers have GE free policymost of the retailers have GE free policy

Consumer rejection (national polls)Question: Would you eat GE food?Q y f

- 67 % in 2007- 60 % in 2008

ContaminationContaminationContaminationContamination-- 17 cultivation incidents / 200517 cultivation incidents / 2005--20082008

(MON810 RR soya plum trees Bt potato)(MON810 RR soya plum trees Bt potato)(MON810, RR soya, plum trees, Bt potato)(MON810, RR soya, plum trees, Bt potato)

-- 3 food incidents / 20063 food incidents / 2006 -- 200720073 food incidents / 2006 3 food incidents / 2006 20072007(RR soya)(RR soya)

LegislationLegislationgg

EU Directives and Regulations are transposed inEU Directives and Regulations are transposed inEU Directives and Regulations are transposed in EU Directives and Regulations are transposed in Romanian legislationRomanian legislation

Power analysisPower analysis

CompromisedCompromised-- Government ParliamentGovernment Parliament-- Government, Parliament, Government, Parliament, Biosafety Commission, Biosafety Commission, Academy, Academy, Farmer AssociationsFarmer AssociationsFarmer AssociationsFarmer Associations

SupportingSupportingSupportingSupporting-- press, public, retailerspress, public, retailers

Political parties (policy regarding ban GMOs)Political parties (policy regarding ban GMOs)

▼ PDL 35 9% (d t lib l )▼ PDL 35,9% (democrat-liberals)► PSD+PC 36,2% (social-democrat + conservator)▲ PNL 21,4% (liberals)▲ UDMR 6 7% (hungarians)▲ UDMR 6,7% (hungarians)

O i f iO i f iOrganic farmingOrganic farming

-- 20002000 -- 17 438 ha17 438 ha-- 20082008 -- 200 000 ha200 000 ha / / 100 mil 100 mil €€ exportexport, 1% , 1%

of internal marketof internal market-- 20092009 ~ 200 000 ha~ 200 000 ha-- 20132013 ~ 750 000 ha / 5% of internal market~ 750 000 ha / 5% of internal market

GMO free zones(InfOMG-Romania)( f )

- 37 communes- 3 cities

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