Interim report technical evaluation Directive 2001/18/EC
23-12-2009
Recently, the interim report on Directive 2001/18/EC prepared by the UK consulting firm GHK with assistance of Piet Schenkelaars and five other experts has recently been made publicly accessible by the European Commission DG Environment. See for more information Interim Report 2009 Directive...
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Bijdrage Expertmeeting Eerste Kamer GGO-gewassen
20-10-2009
In Europa heerst al jaren onvrede over de toelating van genetisch veranderde gewassen, onder meer over de milieurisicobeoordeling zelf, maar ook over de vraag of, en zo ja, hoe sociaal-economische effecten meegewogen moeten worden in de toelating. Ook in Nederland is hierover...
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GM poplar for bioethanol in the Netherlands
26-3-2009
Is it useful or needed?
On 24 October 2008 the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) submitted an application for a permit for a small-scale field trial with genetically modified (GM) poplar WT/52-3 to the Dutch competent authority (CA) for Directive 2001/18/EC. On 29 January 2009 the...
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Dossierkosten markttoelating gentech gewassen VS en EU
12-3-2009
Om een onderbouwd inzicht te verkrijgen in de kosten die gepaard gaan met een vergunning voor markttoelating van een genetisch gemodificeerd (gg-) gewas heeft de Commissie genetische modificatie (COGEM) een onderzoek laten uitvoeren. In dit onderzoek, dat is uitgevoerd door Schenkelaars...
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Website Oogst uit het lab
3-6-2008
Oogst uit het lab gaat over nieuwe gentechnieken in landbouw en voedselproductie en over de maatschappelijke betekenis daarvan. Het is geschreven door Piet Schenkelaars en Huib de Vriend voor een breed publiek. Genetisch gemanipuleerde soja, octrooien op genen, synthetische biologie,...
Recensie Agrarisch Dagblad
Recensie De Pers
Recensie Elsevier Voedingsmiddelenindustrie
Recensie Luc Naets
Recensie Nieuwe Oogst
Recensie NRC Handelsblad
Recensie Het Parool
Recensie De Volkskrant
Recensie Wageningen Resource
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Klonen landbouwhuisdieren voedselproductie
1-5-2008
In januari 2008 verscheen een advies van de Amerikaanse Food and Drug Administration (FDA), waarmee in de VS het licht op groen gezet is voor het toepassen van dierlijke klonen en nakomelingen voor voedselproductie. Vrijwel tegelijkertijd verscheen een conceptadvies van de European Food...
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Novel aspects risk assessment novel generation GM crops
20-3-2008
To date, a novel generation of genetically modified (GM) plants is under development and at a pre-market stage. These GM plants are plants, which express pharmaceutical, nutraceutical or industrial compounds, have an increased tolerance to abiotic stress, like drought, or have new metabolic...
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Nieuwe aspecten risicobeoordeling nieuwe generatie gg-gewassen
20-3-2008
Op het moment wordt een nieuwe generatie van genetisch gemodificeerde (gg) planten ontwikkeld, die zich in de fase voorafgaande aan vermarkting bevinden. Deze gg-planten maken industriële, farma- of nutraceutische verbindingen, hebben een verhoogde tolerantie tegen abiotische stress, zoals droogte,...
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The Future of Biofuels
26-6-2007
With growing concerns over the price and availability of fossil fuels, not to mention environmental concerns, finding viable alternative fuel supplies is increasingly essential. It is forecast that by 2020 biofuels will account for 6.8% of total transportation fuels, up from 1% in 2003. The Future...
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White Biotech: Present and Future Aspects
24-5-2007
The potential for white biotech is huge. Using enzymes and chemicals to create and change products in the food industry for example is not a new concept, however as our understanding of this technology develops, the applications start multiplying very quickly. From textiles to energy, white biotech...
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Cisgene of zelfgekloneerde gentech gewassen
23-8-2006
In zijn brief van 21 november 2005 informeerde de Staatssecretaris van VROM de Tweede Kamerover elf beleidsopties ter vereenvoudiging van het Besluit genetisch gemodificeerde organismen Wet milieugevaarlijke stoffen. In optie VI werd voorgesteld om samen met de Commissie Genetische...
Notitie SBC zelfgekloneerde GM gewassen
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EC Support Green, White, Blue and Red Biotech in DCs
13-3-2006
In 2005 Piet Schenkelaars was leader of a team composed by Agrifor, a Belgian development consultancy. In commision of the European Commission Directorate General Development the team drafted strategic guidelines for EC support to pro-poor green, white, blue and red biotechnologies in...
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Competitiveness agri-business R&D in EU
22-2-2006
In commission of the United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry SBC prepared a study on the competitiveness of the agri-business R&D sector in the European Union. The study served as a discussion paper to facilitate the exchange of views between participants at the European Round Table session...
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Precaution as Societal-Ethical Evaluation
24-5-2005
This article "Precaution as Societal-Ethical Evaluation; Regulating GM crops in the Netherlands, 1996 - 2004" has been published by Science & Public Policy in August 2005.
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Why communicate with the public?
23-5-2005
Contribution to Focus Workshop "Who should communicate with the public and how?", Brussels, 11 - 12 January 2003, organised by the Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB), with support from the European Commission Directorate General...
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Ecological Risks Genetically Engineered Organisms
19-5-2005
Ecological risks of genetically engineered organisms: an introduction into the problem, In: Ecological Effects of Genetically Modified Organisms, Proceedings of a national symposium organised by the Netherlands Ecological Society in co-operation with the provisional Committee on Genetic...
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EU Regulations Healthcare, Agro-Food and Industrial Biotechnology
19-5-2005
A European Round Table on EU Regulations for Healthcare Biotechnology, Agro-Food Biotechnology and Industrial Biotechnology was held at BIOnale 2004, Maastricht, the Netherlands, November 2nd, 2004. The prepatory background document, the discussion paper and the Round Table report were...
Annex to Discussion paper
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NGO Agenda Sustainable Microbial Production
19-5-2005
A background analysis and the report of the European Workshop "A NGO Agenda for Sustainable Microbial Production", held at Genomics Momentum 2004, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 30 - 31 August 2004, in co-operation with the Foundation Consumer and Biotechnology, commissioned by the Netherlands...
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Consistenty and efficiency of EU biotechnology legislation
19-5-2005
Means to improve the consistency and efficiency of the legislative framework in the field of biotechnology Article 31 (7a, 7b and 7d) of Directive 2001/18/EC; study in co-operation with Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd, United Kingdom, commissioned by the European Commission Directorate General...
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Workability of EU and national biotechnology legislation
19-5-2005
Workability Practices, commissioned by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, July 2003.
Part I: International comparison of the workablity of existing legislation for biotechnological research and recommendations to Dutch authorities.
Part II: New and proposed EU legislation for GMOs...
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