The regional parliament of Lower Austria has adopted a stringent GMO protection law, which requires regional approval and full publicity of any GM planting in the region and allows for plant specific restrictions to be imposed by the regional authority. The law had been notified to the EU Commission and not contested formally and will now enter into force. The parliament also decided to join the network of GMO free regions in Europe.</p><p><a href="http://www.noe.gv.at/service/politik/landtag/LandtagsvorlagenXVI/04/450/450G2.pdf">Niederösterreichisches Gentechnikvorsorgegesetz (text of the law in German)</a>