On 29 March 2012, the European Commission organised a hearing on “Environmental monitoring of GM crops” in Brussels, Belgium, under the Chairmanship of Commissioner John DALLI. The hearing represents the third of a series after the two on “GMO risk assessment and management” (March 2011) and “Socio-economic dimensions of GMO cultivation” (October 2011).
Divided into four sessions, the discussion focused on different aspects of the GMO monitoring tools at European level. AMIGA project was mentioned as one of the ongoing activities in the EU research during the session “Monitoring of GMOs in the EU: regulatory framework and ongoing activities”.
The aim was to exchange views on GM crops monitoring in the EU and how to strengthen it through the existing environmental monitoring programs.
Participants included European Parliament members, non-EU and EU national authorities, private sector stakeholders, NGOs, the scientific community and the press. The hearing was webstreamed and can be viewed at the following link to the European Commission website (For AMIGA project, see at min. 18.53).