Association Greenpeace France and others v. French State, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, In the presence of Novartis Seeds SA and another País/Territorio Unión Europea, Francia Tipo de la corte Corte internacional Fecha Mar 21, 2000 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal European Court of Justice Sede de la corte Luxembourg Juez Rodríguez Iglesias, G.C.Moitinho de Almeida, J.C.Sevón, L.Schintgen, R.Kapteyn, P.J.G.Gulmann, C.Puissochet, J.-P,Hirsch, H.Wathelet, M.Skouris, V.Macken, F.Mischo, J. Número de referencia C-6/99 Idioma Francés Materia Medio ambiente gen., Agricultura y desarrollo rural, Cultivos Palabra clave Agricultura y medio ambiente Producción ecológica/producción orgánica OGM Salud pública Conservación del ecosistema Resumen The GMO Directive 90/220 lays down the procedures for the release into the environment of products containing GMO's. The manufacturer / importer has to notify the competent authorities of the EC Member State. They examine whether the product is safe for the environment and human health and can reject the notification or forward it to the Commission with a favourable opinion. Other Member States can then raise objections, which many did in this case concerning genetically modified maize. As no agreement was reached between the Member States, the Commission could decide that the product is to be allowed on the market. The question before the ECJ was whether France still can or should refuse the maize on the market; it was raised due to a French court procedure where procedural deficiencies and violation of the precautionary principle were brought up. The ECJ indicates among other things that under the strict conditions set out in the Directive, France can still refuse to allow the genetically modified maize on its market. For the decision of 22 November 2000 by the Conseil d'État following this ruling, see below under 'National judiciary'. Texto completo Association Greenpeace France v. French State french.pdf Association Greenpeace France v. French State english.pdf Página web curia.europa.eu Referencias Cita Council Directive 90/220/EEC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. Legislación | Unión Europea | 1990 Palabra clave: Organismo genéticamente modificado (OGM), Control de la contaminación, Autorización/permiso, Acceso-a-la-información, Inspección, Investigación Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX