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There is currently no GMO-free region in Slovakia.

Organisations and institutions active on GMO

Greenpeace Slovakia (Slovak)
Luba Lacinova/ Center for Environmental Public Advocacy

Official and institutional links

Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Environment
Ministry of Health
Food Research Institute

Legal documents

Draft Slovak Republic Ministry of Agriculture Decree implementing Act No. 184/2006 Coll. on the cultivation of Genetically modified crops in agricultural production (August 2006)
Act No. 151/2002 Coll. on the use of genetic technologies and genetically modified organisms
National Biosafety Framework, by the Slovak Ministry of the Environment, Bratislava, November 2004
Plant Biotechnology in Slovakia and the legislation framework, Anna Pretova, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Summary report on the experiences of the Slovak Republic with Directive 90/219/EEC as amended by Directive 98/81/EC, by the Biosafety department of Slovakian Ministry of Environment, 29 May 2006

Other background information

US Department of Agriculture: Annual Agricultural Biotech Report (English)
Symposium on GMOs - Prednášky (Slovak)

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