GMO Assessment in Norway as Compared to EU Procedures: Societal Utility and Sustainable Development
The Directorate for Nature Management, Norway
Abstract:
The overall mandate of the study was to assess how and to what extent marketing applications for GMOs fulfil the criteria of sustainable development and societal utility in the Norwegian Gene Technology Act. The authors identified four objectives: a) elaborate how the Norwegian authorities can use the procedures implemented in the EU system; b) discuss how the
concepts of sustainable development and societal utility can be applied in a broader sense; c) evaluate the information provided in two given GMO marketing applications, with a focus
on the adequacy of the supplemented information; and d) develop recommendations
concerning the assessment of sustainable development and societal utility. The report is based on a desk study of available literature and documentation.