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The local government of Culemborg declared itself GMO-free. The municipality may not use gmo-crops and there is a ban on the use of genetically manipulated crops and animals in agricultural areas.
Organisations and institutions active on GMO
Gentech-NL (Joint Dutch NGO website on GMOs in Dutch language) ASEED (English and Dutch) and the Gentechvrije Zones Campaign Homepage (Dutch)
Milieudefensie - Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Dutch) Greenpeace Netherlands (Dutch) Nederlands Platform Genetechnologie (Dutch) De Groep Bos (English and Dutch) Goede Waar & Co (Dutch)
Official and institutional links
Commission on Genetic Modification (English and Dutch) GMO Bureau (Dutch)
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
Petitions
Cyberaction Stop the Crop
Legalisering ggo-vrije zones: Petitie aan de Europese Commissie. Download in 
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Legal documents
Order issued by the Commodity Board for Arable Products on crop coexistence 2005 Dutch GMO Legislation overview (English)
Besluit genetisch gemodificeerde organismen milieubeheer van 25 januari 1990 Links to information and resources on GM foods (EU GMO-compass)
Other background information
Overzicht vergunningsaanvragen proefvelden Gentechmaïs (2008) (Dutch) Reader of the film: "Gen Zoekt Boer" with background information (Dutch) Synopsis of the film 'The Farmer and the Gene' (Dumitriu/Verbeek, 2008, the Netherlands, English) Friends of the Earth Europe Biotech mailout: Dutch agreement on Coexistence Press Release Concerning the Commission on Co-Existence in the primary sector
US Department of Agriculture: Dutch Government supports GM crop research (2006) Annual Ag-Biotech Report on NL/B/LUX (2006) Annual Agricultural Biotech Report, NL (2005)
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