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Subject: !!!Polish President signs Act banning genetically modified seeds
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 15:56:53 +0200
From: Fundacja ICPPC biuro @ icppc.pl
To: lista @ icppc.pl

Dear Friend

The news has just come through that President Lech Kaczynski has signed the
parlaimentary
act introducing a ban on the trading of genetically modified seeds in
Poland.
The act forbids the import of GM seeds and the inclusion of genetically
modified seeds/plants in the national plant record.
This is a joint success of the representatives of local authorities in the
provinces, non-governmental organisations, farmers, politicians and
scientists!

Many thanks to all those who also responded to our call to send letters to
the President.

The passing of this act is a remarkable step that will set an important
precedent for all EU
Countries and beyond. This action now puts Poland on a collision
course with the European Commission which has consistently refused to accept
National or regional independent banning of GMO's.

We believe that it also lends further weight to our call for a complete
moratorium / ban on all GMO's in Europe and to the inherently unworkable
idea of "coexistence" between GM and non-GM crops.

With kind greetings,

Jadwiga Lopata and Julian Rose
ps. Below a short history of ICPPC's campaign "Stop GMO's in Poland -Create
GMO free zones"

===============================================ICPPC - International Coalition to
Protect the Polish Countryside,
Międzynarodowa Koalicja dla Ochrony Polskiej Wsi
34-146 Stryszów 156, Poland tel./fax +48 33 8797114 biuro @ icppc.pl,
www.icppc.pl www.gmo.icppc.pl www.eko-cel.pl

History:
ICPPC has been running the campaign "Stop GMO's in Poland - Create
GMO free zones" since June 2004. The first GMO free zone provinces were
declared in
September 2004, the last - 16th February 2006. All declarations demanding
rights
for provinces to create GMO free zones were signed by provincial authorities
and sent to the national government.

During an international conference "GMOs, CAP, Biodiversity and
European Solidarities" in the European Parliament, Brussels (30 June 2005)
ICPPC launched a new
'Moratorium against all GMO's in Europe' to promote solidarity between
Countries where the great majority of citizens are completely opposed to
GMO's - and to push forward the objective of a GMO FREE EUROPE. We gained
the support of more than 200 Polish and European organizations and VIPs as
well as thousands of private citizens.

ICPPC has been cooperating with Mr Janusz Wojciechowski - Polish MEP,
who started an official 'statement' for the European Parliament demanding
that each country and region have the right to decide on GMOs. We were asked
for advice on a draft of the statement and have been very involved in
helping to collect signatures of other MEPs since this time.

In February 2006, ICPPC organized an international conference in
Krakow: 'European Solidarity against GMO' with the participation of
representatives from 13 countries. We re-enforced the idea of a 10 year
Moratorium on all GMOs in the KRAKOW DECLARATION.

More www.gmo.icppc.pl www.stop-gmo.info

$================ICPPC - International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside,
Międzynarodowa Koalicja dla Ochrony Polskiej Wsi
34-146 Stryszów 156, Poland tel./fax +48 33 8797114 biuro@icppc.pl,
www.icppc.pl www.gmo.icppc.pl www.eko-cel.pl




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GMO campaign
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