GMO-free europe

Organisations and institutions active on GMO

Greenpeace
Le CAGE - Collectif d'Action GenEthique
Terre Sacree - SOS Planete
Nature et Progres Belgique
VELT - Vereniging voor Ecologische Leef- en Teeltwijze
Belgian Biosafety Server
Inf’OGM
Wervel

Official and institutional links

National institutions
Federal Public Service (FPS) Health, Food Chain Security and Environment
Federal Agency for Food Chain Security
Belgian Biosafety Advisory Council
Belgian Biosafety Clearing-House
Scientific Institute of Public Health
Regional institutions
Walloon Region: Ministère de la Région Wallonne, Direction Générale des Ressources Naturelles et de l'Environnement (DGRNE), Division de la Prévention et des Autorisations
Flemish Region: Vlaamse Minister van Leefmilieu, Departement Leefmilieu en Infrastructuur, Administratie Milieu-, Natuur-, Land- en Waterbeheer (AMINAL)
Brussels Region: Brussels Institute for Management on the Environment (IBGE-BIM)

Legal documents

National
Deliberate release of GMOs in the environment: Regulatory framework
Guidance of the Belgian Federal Public Service (FPS) Health, Food Chain Security and Environment concerning the practical implementation in Belgium of the legislation relating to the use of GMOs in the agro-food sector. In French and Dutch
Regulatory framework for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Regional
Contained use of GMOs and pathogens:
Flemish region
Walloon region
Brussels region

Other background information

Report on an evaluation of the Belgian GMO controls by EU Commission, DG Sanco, February 2006
Communiqué de presse: En Wallonie, les ogm pourront-ils se payer une pollution? November 2005
20 regions d’Europe refusent les OGM! Et si la Wallonie et Bruxelles etaient les 21e et 22e?
Nature & Progrès Belgique demande les Régions Wallonne et Bruxelloise ratifient la Charte de Florence et revendiquent ainsi le droit de se protéger de la contamination transgénique February 2005
GMO free Flanders presentation at World Social Forum, 2003