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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. 13 (2006) [PDF] (330 KB) (published 3 April 2007)

Advice to ministers

[See Defra's GM Regulation pages for details of consents granted, UK opinions on EU cases etc.]

2007

September 2006 (published 8 February 2007)
Advice on the implications of a Defra-funded desk study: ‘Agronomic and environmental implications of the establishment of GM herbicide tolerant problem weeds’ [PDF] (50 KB)

January 2007 (published 5 February 2007)
Advice on the implications of a Defra-funded desk study: ‘RNA-mediated gene silencing mechanisms and their implications for the risk assessment of GM plants’ [PDF] (60 KB)

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)

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)

2003

November 2003 (published 7 January 2004)
Rice genetically modified for herbicide tolerance, transformation event LLRICE62 [PDF] (85 KB)

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)

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

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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