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Viewing cable 07PARIS4564, FRANCE AND GMO LOW LEVEL PRESENCE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07PARIS4564 2007-11-23 17:02 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Paris
VZCZCXRO4105
RR RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV
DE RUEHFR #4564 3271702
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 231702Z NOV 07
FM AMEMBASSY PARIS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1239
RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES
RUEHMRE/AMCONSUL MARSEILLE 1929
RUEHSR/AMCONSUL STRASBOURG 0510
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 2771
RHEHAAA/WHITE HOUSE WASHDC
UNCLAS PARIS 004564 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
BRUSSELS PASS USEU FOR AGMINCOUNSELOR 
STATE FOR OES; EUR/ERA(GRAY); EEB/TPP/ABT/BTT (BOBO); 
STATE PASS USTR FOR MURPHY/CLARKSON; 
USDA/OS/CONNER/TERPSTRA; 
USDA/FAS FOR OA/YOST; 
OCRA/CURTIS; 
STA/SIMMONS/JONES/HENNEY; 
FAA/YOUNG; 
EU POSTS PASS TO AGRICULTURE AND ECON 
GENEVA FOR USTR, ALSO AGRICULTURE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR EEB TPP ABT BTT SENV ETRD EU FR
 
SUBJECT: FRANCE AND GMO LOW LEVEL PRESENCE 
 
REF:  STATE 158225 
 
1.  Per reftel, Post delivered talking points to French Ministries 
of Agriculture (MinAg), Environment, and Economy on low levels of 
unapproved biotech products in imports. 
 
2.  French MinAg does not foresee any change in the general EU 
policy on low-level presence of biotech products not authorized in 
the EU but authorized in third countries, i.e., a zero tolerance is 
likely to remain.  Depending on the outcome of ongoing work within 
the Codex Alimentarius on this issue, EU authorities may show more 
flexibility in the future on a case by case basis.  For example, 
imported products that are found to have traces of biotech products 
for which the EU authorization process is advanced may be allowed to 
enter the EU market. 
 
STAPLETON