Preuzeto sa sajta:
United States Department of Agriculture
Foreign Agricultular Service
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Pages/Default.aspx
Serbia
Biotechnology
Annual
2005
Approved by: Hassan F. Ahmed (U.S. Embassy)
Prepared by: Tatjana Buric-Maslac
Date: 14 Jul 2005
Report Highlights: This report describes the status of production and trade of biotechnology crops and products derived from GMO materials in Serbia and Montenegro. It outlines the country's regulatory framework, oversight and enforcement bodies and the role that government agencies play in setting up and implementing biotechnology policy. The report also highlights the main capacity building activities in the biotechnology area conducted under USDA technical assistance programs in Serbia and Montenegro.
http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200507/146130261.doc
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Serbia
Post:
Belgrade
New Law on GMO is prohibiting trade or commercial growing of GMO
Report Categories: Biotechnology
Approved By: Hoa Huynh
Prepared By: Tatjana Maslac
Date: 10 Jun 2009
Report Highlights: On May 29, 2009 National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia adopted new Law Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) that fully prohibits the possibility of commercial growing of live modified organisms, or trade with live modified organism and products derived from genetically modified organisms. With the new Law on GMO, Serbian import of soybean meal (from roundup ready soybeans) for cattle feed is no longer possible.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen..._Belgrade_Serbia_6-10-2009.pdf
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Serbia
AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ANNUAL
Biotechnology
Approved By: Hoa Huynh
Prepared By: Tatjana Maslac
Date: 09 Jul 2009
Report Highlights: The new Serbian law on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) became effective on June 12, 2009. This new Law completely banned all trade and commercial cultivation of biotech products and only regulates basic conditions for the use of GMO in closed systems and experimental work in the filed. With this law, import of soybean meal from biotech Round-Up Ready soybeans for cattle feed to Serbia will no longer be possible. The U.S. Government, the EU and other WTO members, strongly expressed their dissatisfaction with the new Law. Serbian trade officials recognized the negative implications of the ban for the Serbian WTO accession and are committed to changing the law soonest, most probably in the fall.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen...L_Belgrade_Serbia_7-9-2009.pdf
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Russian Federation
AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ANNUAL
Agricultural Biotechnology Annual 2009
Approved By: Mary Ellen Smith
Prepared By: Yelena Vassilieva
Date: 17 Jul 2009
Report Highlights: There have been no significant changes to Russia’s biotech policy this year. Russia still does not allow the use genetically modified seeds for cultivation. However, the registration of biotech events for imported commodities for food and feed continues, although with high costs and time consuming examinations. Anti-GMO campaigns targeting consumers have not been as intensive as they were a year ago, but this phenomenon is better explained by constraints from the current economic crisis rather than by changes in government policy It is not likely that Russia’s biotech policy will change significantly in the coming year, but given the country’s growing desire for increased food security and the development of the domestic livestock industry, Russia may progress towards a greater acceptance of agriculture biotechnology in the next two to three years.
Status of Product Approval for Imports and Food and Feed Use
As of July 2009, there are 15 (16) registered biotech crops that can be legally imported to Russia for the food and feed use. These include three soybean varieties, nine corn varieties, one rice variety, one sugar beet variety, and two potato varieties. Of these 15 varieties, 11 are registered for feed use, including all three soybean varieties and eight corn varieties. Only three companies registered their biotech crops in Russia: Monsanto, Bayer Crop Science, and Syngenta. Table 1 shows the list of approved and registered biotech crops in Russia and the time period for which registration is given. Since 2007 food use registrations have been given for an unlimited time period; however they may be re-called if negative incidents occur. Feeds registrations are given for five years.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen...ian%20Federation_7-17-2009.pdf
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Serbia
Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative
FAIRS Country Report
Approved By: Hoa Van Huynh
Prepared By: Tatjana Maslac
Date: 27 Jul 2009
Report Highlights: This report provides information on Serbian regulations and standards concerning food, agricultural products and foreign trade. It includes updates on the new Serbian agriculture legislations recently adopted in the areas of food safety, livestock, animal welfare, pesticides, fertilizers, plant protection and GMO. The report also updates contact information of relevant government agencies.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/recen..._belgrade_serbia_7-27-2009.pdf
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Serbia
Grain and Feed Annual
Grain and Feed Annual Report
Approved By: Hoa Huynh
Prepared By: Tatjana Maslac
Date: 26 Apr 2010
Report Highlights: Wheat area planted in MY10/11 is estimated at 480,000 HA, the smallest in the last ten years. Wheat production is forecast at 1.9 million MT. Wheat prices in the Serbian market decreased for almost double reaching $131/HA in March 2010. Spring planting in Serbia is delayed due to extremely long winter and wet fields. Corn planting intention for MY10/11 is estimated to be at 1.3 million HA, 8 percent higher than in previous years due to reduction in wheat planted area. Corn production is projected at 6.5 million MT. For the first six months of MY09/10 Serbia exported 900,000 MT of corn, 28 percent more than in the same period of the MY08/09. It is estimated that Serbian corn exports in MY09/10 can reach 1.8 million MT.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen..._Belgrade_Serbia_4-26-2010.pdf
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Serbia
Post: Belgrade
Serbia adopts new set of agriculture laws
Report Categories:
Agricultural Situation
Approved By: Hoa Huynh
Prepared By: Tatjana Maslac
Date: 17 May 2010
Report Highlights: In early May, Serbian Parliament adopted seven new laws in the area of agriculture, water management and forestry. The set of new laws included Law on Forests, Law on Waters, Law on Beer, Law on Registration of Crop Varieties, Law on Organic Production, Amendments to the Veterinary Law and Amendments to the Law on Agriculture Extension and Expert Service.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen..._Belgrade_Serbia_5-17-2010.pdf
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Serbia
Biotechnology - GE Plants and Animals
Biotechnology Annual Report
Approved By: Hoa Van Huynh
Prepared By: Tatjana Maslac
Date: 08 Jul 2010
Report Highlights:
After a year long pressure from the U.S. and EU Serbia is currently preparing amendments to the very restrictive Law on GMO that was adopted in 2009.
Amendments are expected to be adopted by October 2010 and will allow importing and growing GMO crops and products but under strict control of the state. Restrictive GMO Law is one of the obstacles left for Serbia in the process of accession to WTO. Amended Law on GMO will represent general framework on biotechnology that will be fully harmonized with EU regulations. All specifics will be further regulated by already existing four by-laws and additional eight by-laws that Serbia is planning to adopt in the near future.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen...s_Belgrade_Serbia_7-8-2010.pdf
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Biotechnology - GE Plants and Animals
Agricultural Biotechnology Report
Approved By: James Dever
Prepared By: Sanela Stanojcic-Eminagic
Date: 14 Jul 2010
Report Highlights: Since the passage of the Food Law of November 2004, GMOs have not been permitted into Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH). The new Law on GMO that was passed in spring 2009 permits the importation of licensed GMOs. However, it is again a de facto ban because the approval procedure has yet to be defined, making entry impossible. BiH’s anti-biotech position has influenced U.S. commercial imports, and several years ago the government even opposed biotech corn and soybean food assistance shipments. Knowledge about biotechnology is poor, even among scientists and agricultural officials. Agriculturalists and non-governmental organizations that promote organic agriculture oppose biotech applications and encourage producers, consumers, and regulators to reject biotech products. Report updated: July, 2010. Sections updated: I, II, III, V and VI.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen...nd%20Herzegovina_7-14-2010.pdf
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Croatia
Biotechnology - GE Plants and Animals
Standing Report
Approved By:
Prepared By: Andreja Misir
Date: 13 Jul 2010
Report Highlights: Croatia is a net food importer and government policy is geared towards raising agricultural productivity and, to a lesser extent, limiting imports. EU membership is also a priority for the Croatian government, and new laws and agricultural policies increasingly mirror those of the EU. The Croatian public remains very skeptical about agricultural biotechnology. There has also been a general demonization of U.S. food products as "Frankenstein Foods." In Croatia, several pieces of legislation have been introduced to regulate the importation and cultivation of biotech crops and foods. All sections of the report have been updated.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen...s_Zagreb_Croatia_7-13-2010.pdf
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Russian Federation
Biotechnology - GE Plants and Animals
Biotechnology Annual 2010
Approved By: Mary Ellen Smith
Prepared By: Yelena Vassilieva, Mary Ellen Smith, Brett Boyum
Date: 16 Jul 2010
Report Highlights: As of July 2010, Russia’s biotechnology registration requirements and procedures have not changed from a year ago. The mechanism for registering events, food and feeds for shipments and their use in all three countries of the Customs Union has not been developed yet. In the process of harmonizing technical regulations within the Customs Union provisions will be examined, revised and finally adopted. Currently Russian registrations remain valid.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen...ian%20Federation_7-16-2010.pdf
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EU-27
Biotechnology - GE Plants and Animals
Annual
Approved By: Lashonda McLeod
Prepared By: Marie-Cecile Henard, Dietmar Achilles, Barrie Williams, and the group of FAS biotech specialists in the European Union
Date: 17 Jun 2010
Report Highlights: The European Union (EU) remains a major importer and consumer of biotech products, which primarily consist of soybean and corn products for use in animal feed and human food. Last fall, U.S. shipments of soybeans were blocked at EU ports, due to low level presence of biotech corn events unapproved in the EU. The biotech Amflora starch potato was approved for cultivation March 2010, and is currently grown in three Member States (MS). The European Commission recently released a draft proposal that would allow MS to make final decisions on biotech cultivation in their countries. Animal biotechnology regulation in Europe parallels regulation of plant biotechnology, at both the EU and MS levels. There are no commercial applications of animal biotech in the EU, nor have there been any notifications of food use.
Section I. Executive Summary:
There are currently two biotech products approved for cultivation in the European Union (EU). The first, MON810 corn, was approved in 1998, and its approval is currently subject to renewal. It has been planted on approximately 100,000 hectares (ha) each year since 2005. Estimated at 96,000 ha in 2010, MON810 corn is spread over six Member States (MS), including Spain, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia, and Romania. The second product is the Amflora starch potato. It was approved for cultivation in March 2010, and is estimated to be grown on about 225 ha in the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Germany in 2010.
There is interest to grow genetically-engineered (GE) crops among EU farming groups because of the yield benefits and cost savings. Member States with the most pragmatic approach towards plant biotechnology are the Czech Republic, Portugal, Slovakia, and Spain.
In Poland and Romania, there is commercial cultivation of biotech crops despite the generally negative image of plant biotechnology.
European farmers face various oppositions to growing biotech crops, which include: (1) In most MS, public field registers with the location of commercially grown biotech crops are compulsory; (2) In Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Luxemburg, and Hungary national cultivation bans are present; (3) For Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, and Slovakia stringent coexistence measures are in place, and (4) negative publicity, intimidation, and crop destruction by non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Despite politics, the EU remains a major importer and consumer of GE plant products. The largest category consists of soybean meal, which is used in animal feed as the primary source of proteins for livestock. Most of the soybean meal consumed is imported, roughly 22-23 million metric tons (MT) out of 31-32 million MT annually, as domestic soybean production is marginal. Argentina, Brazil, and the United States are the major suppliers of soybeans and soybean meal to the EU. Corn and corn products (mainly corn gluten feed) represent the second largest category of GE plant products imported and used in the EU in animal feed. The bulk of European corn consumption is supplied by local production rather than imports.
The absence of tolerance by European authorities of biotech events approved and commercially grown outside of the EU, but not approved in the EU, may weaken the EU food chain supply. In fall 2009, due to low level presence (LLP) of biotech corn unapproved in the EU, several soybean shipments were blocked at ports. This issue was resolved when European authorities were forced to accelerate their approval process to meet the demand of the animal feed industry. It is unclear whether the European Commission would present a proposal with a technical solution to this LLP issue in the near future.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen...mals_Paris_EU-27_7-23-2010.pdf
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Brazil
Biotechnology - GE Plants and Animals
Brazilian Annual Biotechnology Production & Outlook
Approved By: Julie Morin, Agricultural Attaché
Prepared By: Joao F. Silva, Agricultural Specialist
Date: 23 Jul 2010
Report Highlights: Brazil is now the second largest producer of plant biotech crops in the world. Area planted with biotech crops is estimated to increase by 20 percent in the upcoming 2010-11 crop year. The increase is mostly attributed to higher use of plant biotech corn due to the increase in approvals of new biotech corn events in Brazil and higher availability of subsidized credit for farmers. Post has also updated other sections of the report to reflect new information from trade and government sources.
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recen..._Brasilia_Brazil_7-23-2010.pdf
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