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The German Federal Cartel Office has imposed a fine for sausage price fixing in July 2014.

Since January 2014, the Burkinabe National Biosafety Agency (NBA) has been converting the status of the organization to a technical and scientific public institution (EPSET) for greater autonomy.

Continued interest expressed by farmers and agricultural scientists to improve agricultural output via biotechnology has not resulted in a legal framework for either testing or commercializing biotech

Following a near six month regulatory review, the Vietnam Minister of Agriculture signed the first four Certificates for Food and Feed Safety for four genetically modified corn traits.

Again, this year, Italy’s biotechnology industry is characterized as a dynamic and promising sector, despite the difficult economic situation that biotech companies have to confront on a daily basis.

All of the necessary regulations required for commercializing agricultural biotechnology in Vietnam were completed by the first quarter of 2014.

Jordan’s Ministry of Environment introduced a new draft biosafety law that would regulate agricultural biotechnology products.

On June 26, 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) published Circular 20/2014/TT-BNNPTNT on stipulating some assignments and competencies to manage agricultural materials.

The Russian Government Commission on Legislation approved draft amendments to the federal law “Russian Codex of Administrative Violations” that will tighten control over labeling of GE food.

The biotechnology sector is in a nascent stage of development, but the government of Bangladesh (GOB) seeks to move forward in developing and commercializing agricultural biotechnology.

Minister of Science and Technology approved revised regulations that will create a positive environment for seed companies to start research.

Production of both ethanol and biodiesel continues to grow in line with consumption.