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  • 16-05-2025

    Advice Differences in EU positions regarding Annex I of the NGT-legislation

    COGEM was requested by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to p...

    Advisory letters
    CGM/250516-01 View more
  • 10-10-2019

    No rose without thorns

    The current legislation on genetically modified (GM) crops in the European Union (EU)...

    Policy reports
    CGM/191010-01 View more
  • 14-06-2016

    Trend Analysis Biotechnology 2016

    The Trend Analysis Biotechnology 2016 is a joint publication of the Netherlands Commi...

    Trend analysis
    CGM/160614-01 View more
  • 15-12-2015

    Recurrent themes in GMO Authorisation

    The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment wants to develop a comprehensive a...

    Policy reports
    CGM/151215-02 View more
  • 30-10-2014

    CRISPR-Cas – Revolution from the lab

    In recent years great strides forward have been made with techniques for introducing ...

    Advisory reports
    CGM/141030-01 View more
  • 20-11-2013

    Where there is smoke, is there fire? Responding to the results of alarming studies on the safety of GMOs

      Results of studies that cast doubt on the safety of genetically modified (GM) ...

    Policy reports
    131031-01 View more
  • 13-08-2013

    Risk assessment challenges of Synthetic Biology

    Synthetic Biology is a multidisciplinary and rapidly evolving field which offers the ...

    Other publications
    CGM/130815-01 View more
  • 17-01-2013

    Synthetic Biology – Update 2013

    Synthetic biology is a nascent research field and has attracted considerable interest...

    Policy reports
    CGM/130117-01 View more
  • 11-01-2012

    Genetically modified animals: A wanted and unwanted reality

    Due to developments abroad, through either import requests or permit applications for...

    Policy reports
    CGM/120111-01 View more
  • 29-11-2011

    Biotechnology in the news. Lessons from a quantitative analysis of news articles on biotechnology between July 2005 and June 2010

    Assuming that the media reflect to a large extend the public debate about biotechnolo...

    Research reports
    CGM 2011-12 View more
  • 31-05-2011

    Gene Therapy in China; From a Dutch perspective

    In 2006, COGEM has reported that gene therapy research in China rapidly expands. COGE...

    Research reports
    CGM 2011-03 View more
  • 29-03-2011

    Drivers of Consolidation in the Seed Industry and its Consequences for Innovation

    The key question posed by the Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM) for this stu...

    Research reports
    CGM 2011-01 View more