Side Event

PROPOSAL FOR ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TEST METHODS AND STRATEGIES OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS

Organizer
FEDERAL AGENCY FOR NATURE CONSERVATION (BFN), BONN, GERMANY & ECOSTRAT GMBH

Date and Time
13 May 2008 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BS COP MOP 4)

No harmonised concept for the ecotoxicological testing of LMOs like GMPs is available today that fully accounts for the characteristics of whole GMPs. Our concept explicitly addresses both the plant and the transgene products and integrates the case definitions of Directive 2001/18/EC and the Cartagena Protocol. Test organisms and testing methods are tailored to the GMP in its receiving environment. A proposal for embedding this procedure in the risk assessment framework of Directive 2001/18/EC is provided.