France believes that crops developed by gene editing technology are different from GMOs, and EU GM regulations are being challenged!

"In recent days, Chinese Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, has publicly expressed opinions contrary to the ruling of the European Court of Justice, " the World Agro-Chemical Network reported.
said France believes crops developed using gene-editing technology are different from GMOs and opposes the EU court's decision to place them under strict GM regulations.
recent years, there has been a growing debate about whether genetically edited crops should be regulated and regulated by regulations governing genetically modified crops.
The biotechnology industry believes that most mutagenic or gene-editing mutations that occur naturally or are induced by radiation are virtually no different (radiation-induced mutations are standard plant-breeding methods since the 1950s), but the European Court of Justice does not endorse this statement.
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in 2018 that so-called new breeding techniques (NBTs) based on gene-directed editing should also be included in the regulatory framework for genetically modified technologies that are transferred to foreign genes.
decision has been welcomed by some environmentalists opposed to GMOs, but has also been criticised by seed producers and academics who say it undermines innovative research capabilities in European agriculture.
minister made it clear in an interview with several agricultural news outlets on January 15th that NBT was not a genetically modified organism.
he believes the technology allows for the rapid development of varieties that will occur naturally at some point in time, so gene-editing crops should not be regulated in the same way that genetically modified crops are regulated.
the main role of gene-editing techniques is to locate specific genes in individual organisms, disrupt genes associated with adverse traits, or make positive adjustments to them directly.
, traditional GM techniques involve transferring genes from one organism to another, a process that has not yet been fully accepted by consumers.
france is considering how to respond to a ruling last year by the country's highest administrative court that asked it to change its mutation rules in response to a ruling by the European Court of Justice.
addition to France, England's agriculture minister earlier this month announced a public consultation on gene editing in agriculture, saying it would set its own rules after Britain leaves the European Union.
its final decision could run counter to the EU, but in line with countries such as Argentina, Japan and Australia.
france is the EU's largest agricultural producer and one of the EU's member states that bans GM crop cultivation.
the French agriculture minister's public statements pose a challenge to the EU's current approach to gene-editing regulation, tearing apart the rift that genetically-edited crops break away from strict GM crop regulations? We will also continue to pay attention.