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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union threatened legal action Friday against member states that create biotech-free growing zones in their countries, warning that doing so would violate EU trade rules.
A European Commission report said the EU head office would at this time not draft complex EU-wide safety guidelines on growing genetically modified crops, saying such a move was not needed as there remains only limited cultivation of such crops alongside conventional or organic crops in the 25-nation bloc.
"The main conclusion of the report is that there appears to be no justification at this time for EU-wide legislation," said EU spokesman Philip Tod, adding that under current rules governing the use of biotech products in Europe, member states had to draft and present their own national measures to the commission.
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