Possible EU futures for CRISPR-edited plants: Little margin for optimism?
dc.contributor.author | Escajedo San Epifanio, Leire | |
dc.contributor.author | Filibi López, Igor ![]() | |
dc.contributor.author | Lasa López, Ainhoa ![]() | |
dc.contributor.author | Puigdomènech, Pere | |
dc.contributor.author | Uncetabarrenechea Larrabe, Javier ![]() | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-08T14:15:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-08T14:15:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Frontiers in Plant Science 14 : (2023) // Article ID 1141455 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 1664-462X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/67725 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article addresses the scenarios that may be encountered by the first application for pre-market approval of a CRISPR-edited plant in the EU. Two alternative scenarios are considered in the short and medium term. One of these possible EU futures depends on the final drafting and approval of EU legislation on certain New Genomic Techniques, which was started in 2021 and is due to be quite advanced before the next European Parliament elections in 2024. Since the proposed legislation excludes plants with foreign DNA, two different approval processes for CRISPR-edited plants will coexist if the legislation enters into force: one for plants whose genome has been altered, resulting in mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis; and the second for plants whose alterations result in transgenesis in general. In the event that this legislative process does not succeed, CRISPR-edited plants in the EU could face a regulatory scenario whose foundations were laid in the 1990s: the regulatory framework that applies to GM crops, food and feed. In this review, an ad hoc analytical framework has been built that considers in depth the two possible futures for CRISPR-edited plants in the EU. This framework emphasises the way in which the European Union and the Member States (MS), with their respective national interests, have historically shaped the regulatory framework for plant breeding in the EU. On the basis of the analyses carried out on the two possible futures for CRISPR-edited plants and of their potential with respect to plant breeding, the main conclusions are the following. Firstly, that the regulatory review that started in 2021 is not in itself “good enough” for plant breeding and CRISPR-edited plants. Secondly, that compared to its alternative, the regulatory review currently underway contains at least some promising improvements in the short term. Hence, thirdly, in addition to adopting the current regulation, the MS need to continue to work towards a substantial improvement in the legal status of plant breeding in the EU in the medium term. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work has been supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, VegEquity Project – Plant Breeding and European Integration (PID2021-123796OB-C21 DER), PR. LE; and Basque Government Grant for Research Groups of the Basque University System, IT1733-22 Multilevel Governance and EU Law (2022-2025). | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Media | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN/PID2021-123796OB-C21 DER | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ | * |
dc.subject | European integration | es_ES |
dc.subject | EU regulatory framework for plant breeding | es_ES |
dc.subject | EU legislation on new genomic techniques | es_ES |
dc.subject | premarket approval of CRISPR-edited plants | es_ES |
dc.subject | EU status of CRISPR-edited plants | es_ES |
dc.title | Possible EU futures for CRISPR-edited plants: Little margin for optimism? | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | © 2023 Escajedo San-Epifanio, Filibi, Lasa López, Puigdomènech and Uncetabarrenechea Larrabe. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | Atribución 3.0 España | * |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1141455/full | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fpls.2023.1141455 | |
dc.departamentoes | Derecho Público y Ciencias Histórico-Jurídicas y del Pensamiento Político | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Zuzenbide Publikoa eta Zientzia Historiko-juridikoak eta Pentsamendu Politikoarenak | es_ES |
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