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Resolución No 689 /2010

Pays/Territoire
Uruguay
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Oct 15, 2010
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Tribunal de Apelaciones en lo Civil de 5ºTº
Siège de la cour
Montevideo
Juge
Dra. Beatriz Anita FIORENTINO FERREIRO, Dra. Dr. Luis Maria SIMON OLIVERA
Numéro de référence
689/2010
Langue
Espagnol
Sujet
Alimentation et nutrition, Plantes cultivées, Agriculture et développement rural
Mot clé
Développement agricole Agriculture et environnement Prévention des risques biotechnologiques Produits agricoles Terrains agricoles
Résumé

A case concerning a preventive ban on genetic modified crops.

 

A preventive ban was taken by a lower court and was then dismissed by the appeal court because the documents produced to justify the ban were not giving enough evidences to support the existence of potential risks for the environment.

 

Furthermore, the Appeal court recalled that there is a legal framework authorizing the use of GMO under certain criteria and that the judicial power is not allowed to contest it by taking a preventive ban without infringing the principle of separations of powers. Thus, the court considered that only the parliament would be competent to take such a measure.

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RESOLUCIÓN Nº 689 2010.pdf
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