The Eleventh Canada-EU Biotech Market Access Dialogue

March 4, 2019
08:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Ottawa time) / 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (Brussels time)

Provisional Agenda 

1. Introductions and Opening Remarks
   (Canada Issue)
    
2. Genetically Modified Products Event Approvals: European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) assessment and timelines
   (Canada Issue)
• 2.1  Status of specific applications under EFSA assessment
• 2.2  EFSA assessment process and timelines
   
3. Genetically Modified Products Event Approvals: Post EFSA approval process and timelines
   (Canada Issue)
   • 3.1  Status of specific applications post-EFSA
   • 3.2  Post-EFSA approval process and timelines
      
4. EU Policy – Updates
   (Canada)
   • 4.1  “Precision Breeding Techniques”
   • 4.2  Update on the EC legislative proposal on  Transparency and sustainability of EFSA Risk Assessments
   • 4.3  Member State Food and Feed Opt-Out Proposal/ Proposed changes to comitology process
      
5. Canada Policy – Updates
   (European Union)
   • 5.1  Genetically Modified Organisms and new techniques in agricultural biotechnology – Policy update,  products approvals and approval system and criteria
   • 5.2  Traceability of Genetically Modified Organisms and exports to the European Union
      
6. Updates on International Activities
   (Canada)
   • 6.1  Low Level Presence
   • 6.2  Precision Biotechnology
      
7. Any other business
   (All)