20032007: grown from 10 to 43 regions

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International ConferenceNON GM FEEDSTUFF,
QUALITY PRODUCTIONS AND EUROPEAN REGIONAL
AGRICULTURES STRATEGYCommittee of Regions -
Brussels, 5-6 December 2007

• 2003-2007 grown from 10 to 43 regions
• 4 years of action for to support competitive,
  quality and GM Free European Agriculture

Susanna CENNI Minister for Agriculture of Tuscany
Region
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Why a European Networkof GMO-free Regions?
2003 Conclusion of the de-facto moratorium
with the finalization of the EU legislative
framework with the GM food and feed Regulation
the Recommendation on coexistence
Concerns in those Regions where rural policies
had been strongly oriented toward quality and
origin labeled production
Tuscany and Upper Austria started thinking about
a joint initiative to facilitate the application
of the precautionary principle in the use of GM
crops and related policy. Considered ways of
claiming the right to create GM-free areas
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Susanna CENNI Minister for Agriculture of Tuscany
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Networks Main Events
10 RegionsAquitaine, Euskadi, Limousin, Marche,
Oberosterreich, Salzburg, Schleswig-Holstein,
Trace-Rhodopi, Tuscany and Wales
November 4th 2003, Brussels (Belgium).1st
GMO-free European Regions Conference with the
signature of a joint declaration by the 10
founder Regions
12 Regions Burgenland, Highlands Islands
April 28th 2004, Linz (Austria).2nd Conference
of the Network
20 Regions Bolzano/Sudtirol, Bretagne,
Drama-Kavala-Xhanti, Emilia-Romagna,
Ile-de-France, Lazio, Poitou-Charentes, Sardegna,
Steiermark
4 - 5 February 2005, Florence (Italy). 3rd
Conference with the signature of the Florence
Charter by 20 Regions
28 Regions Bourgogne, Centre, ENAE, Kaerten,
Liguria, Midi-Pyrénées, Umbria, Principado de
Asturias
April 7th 2005, Brussels (Belgium). Meeting
between the Network and the EU Commissioner for
Agriculture, Mrs Mariann Fischer Boel
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Susanna CENNI Minister for Agriculture of Tuscany
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Networks Main Events
29 30 November 2005, Rennes (Brittany -
France).4th Conference of the Network
40 Regions Abruzzo, Basse Normandie,
Franche-Comté, Haute-Normandie, Menorca, Molise,
Niederosterreich, Nord pas de Calais, Piemonte,
Rhone-Alpes, Tyrol, Wien - Schleswig-Holstein
4 6 April 2006 Vienna (Austria).Participation
at the European Conference on Coexistence
organized by the European Commission and the
Austrian EU Presidency
42 Regions Sisack-Moslavina and Voralberg
17-18 May 2007, Turin (Italy). 5th Conference
with a Final Declaration
43 Regions Corsica
5-6 December 2007, Brussels (Belgium).Todays
Conference
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Susanna CENNI Minister for Agriculture of Tuscany
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Future initiatives and perspectives
24-25 April 2008, Bilbao (Spain). 6th Conference
of the Network.

• Presidency aims
• Extend the Networks field of action
• Link existing regional Networks

Quality sustainability in agriculture important
key issues during the PAC revision process
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Susanna CENNI Minister for Agriculture of Tuscany
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Thank you!!
La grancia di CunaMonteroni d'Arbia (Siena -
Tuscany)
A fortified barn dated 13th century. Property of
the Santa Maria della Scala Hospital
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Susanna CENNI Minister for Agriculture of Tuscany
Region