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ACRE provides advice to Ministers, and publishes an Annual Report on
its work, together with other material - indexed below.
ACRE Sub-Groups may also publish reports on their work, and these are
detailed on the pages relating to each individual
sub-group.
Annual Report
Annual Report No. 12 (2005) [PDF] (330
KB) (published
2 May 2006)
Advice to ministers
[See Defra's GM Regulation pages
for details of consents granted, UK opinions on EU cases etc.]
2006
November 2006 (published 1 December 2006)
Further advice on a notification
for marketing of potato clone EH92-527-1 modified for enhanced content
of the amylopectin component of starch - BASF Plant Science. Ref C/SE/96/3501 [PDF] (60 KB)
November 2006 (published 1 December 2006)
Advice on an application for a five year programme of work to release
potato lines genetically modified for resistance to Phytophthora infestans -
ref 06/R42/01 [PDF]
(80 KB)
May 2006 (published 24 July 2006)
General advice on notifications
for import and marketing of GM maize grain [PDF]
(60 KB)
February 2006 (published 22 June 2006)
Advice on the
implications of findings in a Defra-funded desk study: ‘Technologies
for biological containment of GM and non-GM crops’ [PDF]
(50 KB)
April 2006 (published 3 May 2006)
Advice on an application to release
GM Salmonella typhi for the purpose of a human clinical trial to test
the effectiveness of a vaccine against Hepatitis B - ref 06/R40/01 [PDF]
(80 KB)
March 2006 (published 27 March 2006)
Further advice on a notification
for marketing of hybrid maize (NK603 X MON810) - Monsanto Europe S.A.
- Ref
C/GB/02/M3/3 [PDF]
(60 KB)
2005
December 2005 (published 11 April 2006)
Advice on the implications of results in a Defra-funded project: ‘non-target effects of transgenic crop plants resistant to virus diseases' [PDF]
(40 KB) (please see the report on Defra's science pages)
November 2005 (published 02 December 2005)
Further advice on a notification
for import and processing in the European community of Ms8, Rf3 and Ms8xRf3
oilseed rape and any progeny derived
from these
lines by conventionally breeding. Ref C/BE/96/01 [PDF]
(100 KB)
September 2005 (published 04 November 2005)
Further advice on a notification
for marketing of maize genetically modified for insect resistance, lines
MON 863 and MON 863 x MON 810) - Monsanto. Ref C/DE/02/09 [PDF]
(70 KB)
January 2005 (published 04 October 2005)
Further advice on a notification
for marketing of potato clone EH92-527-1 modified for enhanced content
of the amylopectin component of starch - BASF Plant Science. Ref C/SE/96/3501 [PDF]
(70 KB)
April 2005 (published 23 September 2005)
Advice on a notification for
marketing of carnation "Florigene Moonlite" ref C/NL/04/02 [PDF]
(110 KB)
July 2005 (published 20 July 2005)
Advice on the implications
of the farm-scale evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant
winter oilseed rape [PDF]
(140 KB)
May 2005 (published 13 June 2005)
ACRE's advice on the research paper
on the Management of Genetically Modified Herbicide-Tolerant Sugar Beet
for Spring and Autumn Environmental Benefit by May et al. (2005) [PDF]
(140 KB)
May 2005 (published 23 May 2005)
Advice on the results of a scientific
study which investigated the botanical and rotational implications of
genetically-modified herbicide tolerance in oilseed rape and sugar beet
crops (the "BRIGHT" project) [PDF]
(180 KB)
March 2005 (published 15 April 2005)
Further advice on a notification
for marketing of insect resistant cotton - ref C/NL/04/01 [PDF]
(65 KB)
February 2005 (published 24 February 2005)
Advice on the status of the products
of protoplast fusion under Directive 2001/18/EC [PDF]
(65 KB)
2004
November 2004 (published 7 January 2005)
Advice on a notification for marketing
of herbicide tolerant GM oilseed rape - ref C/BE/96/01 [PDF]
(85 KB)
November 2004 (published 7 January 2005)
Advice on a notification for marketing
of insect resistant GM cotton - ref C/NL/04/01 [PDF]
(65 KB)
November 2004 (published 3 December 2004)
Advice on managing data from the
post-market monitoring of GM crops [PDF]
(60 KB)
September 2004 (published 30 September 2004)
Advice on scientific issues
concerning the proposed regime for the coexistence of GM and non-GM crops [PDF]
(80 KB)
August 2004 (published 11 August 2004)
Advice on a paper by Chilcutt
and Tabasnik (2004) on gene flow from Bt maize crops to refuge plants [PDF]
(60 KB)
May 2004 (published 5 July 2004)
Advice on a notification for marketing
of potato clone EH92-527-1 modified for enhanced content of the amylopectin
component of starch - BASF Plant Science. Ref SE/96/3501 [PDF]
(65 KB)
June 2004 (published 14 June 2004)
Response to the report of the House
of Commons Environmental Audit Committee: "GM Foods Evaluating
the Farm Scale Trials" [PDF]
(70 KB)
May 2004 (published 11 May 2004)
Further advice on a notification
for marketing of insect resistant and herbicide tolerant GM maize (1507)
- Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. and Mycogen Seeds - Ref ES/01/01 [PDF]
(80 KB)
April 2004 (published 10 May 2004)
Advice on an application for
deliberate release of a GMO for research and development purposes - Ref
04/R39/01 [PDF]
(75 KB)
April 2004 (Published 10 May 2004)
Advice on the EFSA draft guidance
document for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants and derived
food and feed [PDF]
(70 KB)
April 2004 (Published 6 May 2004)
Advice on the implications
on atrazine use in the farm-scale evaluations of genetically modified
herbicide-tolerant maize [PDF]
(70 KB)
March 2004 (Published 28 April 2004)
Advice on a notification for
marketing of herbicide tolerant GM oilseed rape - Bayer CropScience -
Ref C/BE/96/01 [PDF]
(70 KB)
January 2004 (published 5 March 2004)
Advice on a notification for marketing
of hybrid maize (NK603 X MON810) - Monsanto Europe S.A. - Ref C/GB/02/M3/3 [PDF]
(70 KB)
- see also this Defra News Release
February 2004
Further advice on a notification
for marketing of insect resistant and herbicide tolerant GM Maize, transformation
event Bt11 - Syngenta seeds SAS - Ref F/96/05/10 [PDF]
(85 KB)
February 2004
Further advice on a notification
for marketing of insect resistant and herbicide tolerant GM maize (1507)
- Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. and Mycogen Seeds - Ref NL/00/10 [PDF]
(65 KB)
January 2004
ACRE's advice on the implications
of the farm-scale evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant
crops [PDF]
(120 KB)
- see also this Information Bulletin
2003
November 2003 (published 7 January 2004)
Rice genetically modified for herbicide
tolerance, transformation event LLRICE62 [PDF]
(85 KB)
- see also this Defra News Release
October 2003 (published 13 November 2003)
Advice on a notification for
marketing of insect resistant maize - Monsanto Europe S.A - Ref DE/02/09 [PDF]
(85 KB)
September 2003 (published 24 October 2003)
Advice on a notification for marketing
of insect resistant and herbicide tolerant GM maize (1507) - Pioneer Hi-Bred
International Inc. and Mycogen Seeds" - Ref NL/00/10 [PDF]
(60
KB)
September 2003 (published 24 October 2003)
Advice on a notification for marketing
of insect resistant and herbicide tolerant GM maize (1507) - Pioneer Hi-Bred
International Inc. and Mycogen Seeds" - Ref ES/01/01 [PDF]
(70
KB)
September 2003 (published 13 October 2003)
Advice on notification of locations
of GM crop releases for a Part B application (03/R38/1) for the purpose
of National List trials [PDF]
(70
KB)
September 2003 (published 13 October 2003)
Advice on an application for deliberate
release of a GMO for research and development purposes - Ref 03/R38/01 [PDF]
(70
KB)
April 2003 (published 13 October 2003)
Review of the Inspection and Enforcement
Regime for Research Trials of GM Plants [PDF]
(70
KB)
September 2003
Secondary advice on application
NL/98/11: Monsanto - glyphosate tolerant oilseed rape (Event GT73) [PDF]
(80
KB)
September 2003
Advice on a notification for marketing
of insect resistant and herbicide tolerant GM maize: Syngenta seeds SAS
- Reference C/F/96/05/10 [PDF]
(85
KB)
September 2003
Response to ISIS Comments on ACRE'S
Advice Concerning T25 Maizes [PDF]
(85
KB)
August 2003
Advice on a notification from Monsanto
Europe S.A. for marketing maize genetically modified for tolerance to
the herbicide glyphosate, line NK603 [PDF]
(80
KB)
August 2003
Advice on an application for deliberate
release of a GMO for research and development purposes - Ref 02/R35/03 [PDF]
(70
KB)
July 2003
Advice on an application for deliberate
release of a GMO for research and development purposes - Ref 02/R37/02 [PDF]
(50
KB)
June 2003
Advice on a notification from Monsanto
Europe S.A. for marketing maize genetically modified for insect resistance,
lines MON 863 and MON 863 x MON 810 [PDF]
(80
KB)
May 2003
Advice on an application for deliberate
release of a GMO for research and development purposes - Ref 03/R29/04 [PDF]
(50
KB)
April 2003
Advice on separation distances
for the cultivation of T25 maize [PDF]
(75
KB)
March 2003
Advice on an application for deliberate
release of a GMO for research and development purposes - Ref 03/R35/02 [PDF]
(70
KB)
March 2003
Advice on an application for deliberate
release of a GMO for research and development purposes - Ref 02/R34/04 [PDF]
(70
KB)
March 2003
Advice on an application for deliberate
release of a GMO for research and development purposes - Ref 02/R04/12 [PDF]
(70
KB)
February 2003
Advice on an application for deliberate
release of a GMO during a clinical trial - Ref 02/R37/01 [PDF]
(80
KB)
March 2003
ACRE's advice on a notification for marketing
of herbicide tolerant GM oilseed rape (GT73)
March 2003
ACRE's advice on a notification for marketing
of herbicide tolerant GM maize (NK603)
2002
December 2002
ACRE advice on the publication of the final
report of the monitoring of large-scale releases of GM oil seed rape between
1994 and 2000. Please see also the Report
Summary
13 December 2002
ACRE's response to concerns raised in written
representations and submissions associated with the CHARDON LL public
hearing and to statements made at ACRE's open hearing relating to the
safety assessment of T25 GM maize conducted under Directive 90/220/EEC
October 2002:
A Response to Concerns about the Presence
of GM Oilseed Rape Pollen in Honey
September 2002:
ACRE Advice: A Report on a Paper Concerning
the Potential for Transgenic Weed Beets to Arise as a Consequence of Gene
Transfer with Genetically Modified Sugar Beet
13 August 2002:
ACRE advice on unexpected transformation
events in GM oilseed rape sown under release consents 00/R14/18, 98/R19/18
and 00/R3/9 (following letter from Aventis on analysis of GM oilseed rape)
- see also this News Release, 15 August
2002 and News
Item and subsequent News Release, 30 August 2002: "Purity
of seed confirmed for last round of GM crop trials" and associated
news story
11 July 2002:
Advice: Consideration of a Report Concerning
the Implications of 'Gene Stacking' of Herbicide Tolerance Genes in Oil
Seed Rape
June 2002:
Advice: A Report on a Paper Concerning the
Diversity of Bacterial Communities Associated with Conventional and Genetically
Modified Herbicide Tolerant Oilseed Rape
8 March 2002:
Report on an article concerning gene flow
from genetically modified maize to native (landraces) in Mexico
January 2002:
A Report on Six Papers Concerning the Effect
of Genetically Modified Bt Maize on Monarch Butterflies
2001
1 May 2001:
Advice for the National Assembly for Wales - Cross-Pollination
in Relation to Farm Scale Evaluations of Genetically Modified Maize in
Wales
2000
29 September 2000:
A Report on a Paper Concerning the Effect
of Genetically Modified Bt Maize on Monarch Butterflies
29 September 2000:
Advice on Notification of Locations of Gm
Crop Releases
9 August 2000:
GM Oil Seed Rape and Cross-Pollination with
Adjacent Crops
July 2000:
Horizontal Gene Transfer: Genetically Modified
Crops and Soil Bacteria
8 February 2000:
Insecticidal Toxin in Root Exudates from
Bt Corn
1999
14 June 1999:
Advice on a Study Concerning the Effect
of Pollen from Genetically Modified Bt Maize on Monarch Butterflies
25 March 1999:
Adverse Effects on Ladybirds Feeding on
Aphids Colonising Genetically Modified Potatoes Which Express the Snowdrop
Lectin for Aphid Resistance
25 March 1999:
A Report on the Dispersal of Maize Pollen
Compiled by the National Pollen Research Unit and Commissioned by The
Soil Association
20 January 1999:
Review of the Marketing Applications from
Plant Genetic Systems for an Oilseed Rape Genetically Modified for Herbicide
Tolerance: Report by Professor Alan Gray
1998
3 August 1998:
Michael Meacher calls for more research
on lacewings and GM Maize
Significance of new research on effect of Bt toxin on lacewings
23 June 1998:
Genetically modified maize in national list
trials adjacent to an organic farm in Devon
Other Publications
2006
March 2006 (published 17 March 2006)
ACRE Sub-group report on “Managing
the Footprint of Agriculture: Towards a Comparative Assessment of Risks
and Benefits for Novel Agricultural
Systems”
2005
None
2004
October 2004 (published 7 October 2004)
ACRE's response to open letter
from AEBC on the wider issues raised by the farm scale evaluations [PDF]
(75 KB)
August 2004 (published 11 August 2004)
Scientific safety assessment
of GM hybrids - Notification C/DE/02/9 (MON 863 & MON 863 x MON810)
- letter from ACRE to the EFSA GMO panel [PDF]
(140 KB)
March 2004
Guidance on Best Practice in the Design
of Post-market monitoring Plans in Submissions to ACRE
A Defra news release has been issued
February 2004
Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Publication Scheme for ACRE [PDF]
(70 KB)
2003
None
2002
October 2002:
Gene Flow from Genetically Modified Crops
- Background Paper by the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
(ACRE)
The aim of this paper is to describe briefly the background science
and knowledge base that informs ACRE in the assessment of gene flow and
its possible consequences
June 2002:
Letter of 7 June from Professor Alan Gray,
Chairman of ACRE, to the Sunday Herald
2001
July 2001:
Statement on GM Animals
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