§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the signed memoranda sent by Ministers to the Select Committee on European Community Legislation relevant to Community documents on genetic modification of plants, indicating for each the document's title and the date when signed, and the date of the Councils of Ministers meetings when the Community documents were considered. [26342]
§ Angela EagleTwo Explanatory Memorandums have been sent to the Select Committee on European Community Legislation in respect of Community documents on the genetic modification of plants. They are: 633W
12953/96 COM(96)639 Final: Commission report on the review of Directive 90/220/EEC in the context of the Commission's Communication on biotechnology and the White Paper. Signed January 1996. Discussed at the Council of Environment Ministers 3 March 1996.7894/96 COM(96)206 Final: Council decision concerning the placing on the market of genetically modified maize (zea mays 1.) with the combined modification for insecticidal properties conferred by the bt-endotoxin gene and increased tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC. Signed July 1996. Discussed at the Council of Environment Ministers 25 June 1996.