Innovation first: Removing unjustified barriers on NGTs
28 April 2025In its “Vision for Agriculture and Food1” for a competitive, resilient, future-oriented, and fair EU food production system, the Commission clearly acknowledges that NGTs are key to contribute to the EU’s food security and that an enabling regulatory framework is needed to ensure a level-playing field with third countries.
The undersigned agri-food value chain partners support this ambition and welcome the Commission’s commitment to working in close cooperation with the Council and the European Parliament to find a forward-looking compromise on the proposal for a Regulation on plants produced by certain NGTs. A science-based and proportionate legal framework for NGT plants and derived products is essential to strengthen the competitiveness and resilience of the European agricultural and of the food and feed supply systems, considering the sustainability and climate change challenges.