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  • 06-02-2018

    Research report ‘The importance of maize and oilseed rape field margins for Lepidoptera’

    Many of the genetically modified (GM) agricultural crops cultivated worldwide are ins...

  • 06-02-2018

    Advisory letter on ‘The importance of maize and oilseed rape field margins for Lepidoptera’

    Many of the genetically modified (GM) agricultural crops cultivated worldwide are ins...

  • 07-09-2017

    Assessment of risks to non-target organisms of the cultivation of GM crops that express one or more Bt toxins

    When an application is made to cultivate a genetically modified (GM) crop, an assessm...

  • 12-10-2016

    Advisory letter on the ‘Representativity of non-target organisms’

    When permit applications are made for the cultivation of insect-resistant genetically...

  • 17-12-2015

    Testing impacts of toxic compounds from transgenic crops on non-target arthropods in tier-1 studies: exposure and response

    The assessment of potential adverse effects on non-target organisms is an important c...

  • 17-12-2014

    Event report International scientific workshop ‘Stacked Bt genes: assessment of effects on non-target organisms’

    In recent years, insect resistant GM plants expressing multiple Bt proteins have beco...

  • 08-12-2014

    Research report Ecological and experimental constraints for field trials to study potential effects of transgenic Bt-crops on non-target insects and spiders

    Field trials are an important element of the environmental risk assessment that is a ...

  • 13-09-2013

    Non-target organisms and GM crops: Assessing the effects of Bt proteins

    To review the latest scientific insights on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins, the...

  • 06-06-2013

    Mixture toxicity regarding the application for cultivation of MON89034xNK603 maize

    This advisory report concerns the application for cultivation, import and processing ...

  • 07-05-2013

    Additional advisory report on cultivation of maize line 59122

    This advisory report concerns the cultivation of the genetically modified maize line ...

  • 02-04-2013

    Genetically modified oilseed rape. Aspects in relation to the environmental risk assesment and post-market environmental monitoring of import applications

    Brassica napus (oilseed rape) has the biological characteristics to cross-pollinate w...

  • 27-11-2012

    The use of statistical tools in field testing for effects of GM plants on non-target organisms (NTOs)

    Data to assess whether a GM crop could have an adverse effect on non-target organisms...