[Ngo-sanrm] Russian Lawmakers Want to Impose Criminal Liability for GMO-related Activities

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May 21, 2014

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Lawmakers Want to Impose Criminal Liability for GMO-related Activities
 Posted on May 15 2014 - 10:42am by Sustainable
Pulse<http://sustainablepulse.com/author/henry/>

Russian lawmakers want to equate GMO-related activities that may harm human
health or even cause death to terrorist acts and impose criminal liability
on producers, sellers and transporters of genetically modified organisms,
the newspaper Izvestia writes in its Thursday issue.
[image: russia-gmos]
*Source:* itar-tass.com <http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/731689>

A bill to this effect was submitted to the Russian State Duma lower
parliament house by the Duma agrarian committee and the Liberal Democratic
Party (LDPR) faction, who claimed that the government's bill referred to
parliament was too mild. The bill's initiators say liability for
GMO-inflicted harm should be expanded to state and local self-government
officials. Under the bill, criminal responsibility should be applicable to
companies and government officials only, while individuals should be
subject to disciplinary liability.

The bill also provides for fines for concealing or deliberate distortion of
information about environmental impacts of GMOs. Thus, individuals will be
punished by a fine ranging from 500 to 1,000 roubles (14.5-29 U.S.
dollars), government officials - by a fine of 1,000-2,000 roubles, and
legal entities - by a fine of 10,000-20,000 roubels.

Kirill Cherkasov, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma agrarian
committee, said that tough regulation should be imposed in the area of gene
engineering, since imports of GMO-containing products had increased
dramatically after Russia joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). He
said that the State Duma would issue a package of amendments to the
national laws regulating technical and economic aspects of GMO-related
activities by its autumn session.
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