527 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with copies of the assessments reports regarding the application of the Community legislation referred to on page 10 of the Press Release for the 2713th [European] Council Meeting of 9 March 2006; the position she is taking in the June 2006 European Council of Environment Ministers meeting on the issue of whether or not the precautionary principle should be applied to the assessment, as part of the EU’s approval process for genetically modified organisms, of the possible long-term consequences of the use of GMO products; her views, in view of the 28 January 2005 comments by the European Communities on the Scientific and Technical Advice to the WTO panel investigating allegations on the part of the USA, Canada and Australia that the measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products DS291, DS292 and DS293 constituted illegal barriers to trade, of the possibility of intensifying scientific research into the long-term health and environmental implications of GMOs; the importance of considerations as to the long-term health and environmental consequences of the use of GMO products being a part of the EU’s GMO approval process; and when the 2006 European Council of Environment Minister’s meeting will take place. [23715/06]

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527 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with copies of the assessments reports regarding the application of the Community legislation referred to on page 10 of the Press Release for the 2713th [European] Council Meeting of 9 March 2006; the position she is taking in the June 2006 European Council of Environment Ministers meeting on the issue of whether or not the precautionary principle should be applied to the assessment, as part of the EU’s approval process for genetically modified organisms, of the possible long-term consequences of the use of GMO products; her views, in view of the 28 January 2005 comments by the European Communities on the Scientific and Technical Advice to the WTO panel investigating allegations on the part of the USA, Canada and Australia that the measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products DS291, DS292 and DS293 constituted illegal barriers to trade, of the possibility of intensifying scientific research into the long-term health and environmental implications of GMOs; the importance of considerations as to the long-term health and environmental consequences of the use of GMO products being a part of the EU’s GMO approval process; and when the 2006 European Council of Environment Minister’s meeting will take place. [23715/06]

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