Portugal

Updates + Overviews

Organisations and institutions active on GMO

GMO-Free Coalition Plataforma Transgénicos Fora (Portuguese)

Official and institutional links

Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries

Legal documents

Draft Decree-Law which establishes the Compensation Fund intended to support possible damage, of an economic nature, arising from accidental contamination from the cultivation of genetically modified varieties (June 2006)

Decree-Law regulating genetically modified varieties, intended to ensure coexistence with conventional crops and with organic production

Order laying down the conditions and procedure for establishing areas free from the cultivation of genetically modified varieties

Legislation on GMOs (Portuguese)

Petitions

Zonas livres de transgénicos: Petição à Comissão Europeia. Download in pdf-format doc-format
Petição "Save our Seeds" para Comissão Europeia. Download the petition and see the list of signing organisations here

Other background information

US Department of Agriculture: Annual Agricultural Biotech Report

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