EUROPEAN
COMMISSION
Brussels, 22.4.2015
COM(2015) 176 final
ANNEX 1
ANNEX
to the
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
Reviewing the decision-making process on genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
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Table 1: Votes in the Council and in the Appeal Committee on authorisations for GMO cultivation since the entry into force of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003
Year
GMOs voted in the Council or in
the Appeal Committee
2007
2014
* informal vote
Amflora potato
1507 maize*
Number
of MS
MS in
favour
MS
against
MS
abstaining
27
28
10
5
11
19
6
4
Total
Number
of votes
345
352
Votes in
favour
Votes
against
130
77
119
210
Votes
through
abstention
96
65
Table 2: Votes in the Council and the Appeal Committee on authorisations of GM food and feed since the entry into force of Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003
Pre-Lisbon rules for calculation of a qualified majority (qualified majority = 62 votes out of 87; 88 votes out of 124; 232 votes out of 321 or
255 votes out of 345)
Year
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
GMOs voted in the Council or in
the Appeal Committee
Number
of MS
MS in
favour
MS
against
MS
abstaining
Bt11 maize
NK603 maize
GT73 oilseed rape
1507 maize
GA21 maize
MON863 maize
MON863xMON810 maize
1507 maize
Ms8xRf3 oilseed rape
H7-1 sugar beet
59122 maize
NK603xMON810 maize
1507xNK603 maize
MON863xNK603 maize
MON863xMON810 maize
MON863xMON810xNK603 maize
Amflora potato
GA21maize
A2704-12 soybean
LLcotton25
MON89788 soybean
T45 oilseed rape
MON89034 maize
MON88017 maize
59122xNK603 maize
MIR604 maize
1507x59122 maize
59122x1507xNK603 maize
MON88017xMON810 maize
MON89034xNK603 maize
Bt11xGA21 maize
Bt11 maize
GHB614 cotton
MON89034xMON88017 maize
1507 maize
281-24-236/3006-210-23 cotton
Bt11xMIR604 maize
MIR604xGA21 maize
Bt11xMIR604xGA21 maize
A5547-127 soybean
40-3-2 oilseed rape
MON87701 soybean
356043 soybean
MON87701xMON89788 soybean
MIR162 maize
15
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
6
9
6
9
8
10
8
11
6
15
15
14
14
12
12
12
9
11
12
13
13
12
14
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
16
15
17
14
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
12
14
6
9
14
10
13
12
14
11
14
9
8
9
9
11
11
11
13
9
12
12
8
14
10
10
11
12
11
11
11
12
11
9
10
11
9
10
11
12
12
10
8
10
10
10
10
3
7
5
6
4
3
3
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
7
3
2
6
1
3
4
4
2
3
3
3
2
3
4
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
3
5
3
3
5
3
Total
Number
of votes
87
124
321
321
321
321
321
321
321
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
345
Votes in
favour
Votes
against
35
48
78
123
94
152
133
159
102
197
197
185
185
157
157
157
119
128
174
186
164
160
167
164
152
181
183
183
183
183
183
186
222
219
251
190
178
178
178
181
181
181
181
149
164
29
43
164
112
155
103
142
102
156
83
79
108
108
119
119
119
162
83
148
148
79
178
113
87
116
128
116
116
116
145
116
84
113
116
84
87
99
109
109
113
80
96
94
87
94
Votes
through
abstention
23
33
79
86
72
66
46
60
63
65
69
52
52
69
69
69
64
134
23
11
102
7
65
94
77
36
46
46
46
17
46
75
10
10
10
68
68
58
58
51
84
68
70
109
87
1
2013
2014
Ms8xRf3 oilseed rape*
MON810 pollen
SmartStax maize
MON89017x1507xNK603 maize
MON87460 maize
GT73 oilseed rape
T304-40 cotton
MON87708 soybean*
T25 maize*
305423 soybean*
MON87705 soybean*
BS-CV127-9 soybean*
NK603 maize
27
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
14
14
13
13
12
14
15
12
13
13
13
13
13
8
12
12
12
12
11
12
9
8
9
10
9
11
4
2
3
3
4
3
1
4
4
3
2
3
4
345
352
352
352
352
352
352
352
352
352
352
352
352
164
168
161
161
154
164
197
149
161
161
161
161
161
77
145
123
123
123
101
126
81
74
103
110
81
97
97
39
68
68
75
87
29
99
94
65
58
87
94
*some Member States were not represented in the vote -
Table 3: Votes in the Appeal Committee on authorisations of GM food and feed since the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No
1829/2003
Post-Lisbon rules for the calculation of a qualified majority (qualified majority = votes representing 55% or more of the Member States and
65% or more of EU citizens)
Year
GMO
2014
GHB614xCotton25*
MON88302 oilseed rape*
MON88913 cotton*
MON87769 soybean
MON531 cotton
MON1445 cotton
MON531xMON1445
cotton
MON15985 cotton
2015
4
5
6
4
3
2
2
% of EU
citizens
represented
by votes in
favour
29.57%
29.57%
29.57%
38.76%
37.35%
37.35%
37.35%
% of EU
citizens
represented
by votes
against
30.46%
29.62%
16.64%
30.54%
32.49%
34.70%
34.70%
2
39.55%
32.49%
Number
of MS
Number of
MS in
favour
Number of
MS against
Number of
MS
abstaining
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
10
10
10
11
10
10
10
13
12
11
13
15
16
16
28
11
15
% of EU citizens
representing by
abstention
30.73%
31.57%
44.56%
30.70%
30.17%
27.96%
27.96%
27.96%
*some Member States were not represented in the vote
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Graph 1: Evolution of votes in the Council or in the Appeal Committee on authorisations of GM food and feed from 2004 until 2015
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