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Euro area monthly balance of payments: August 2022

Current account recorded €26 billion deficit in August 2022, increasing from €20 billion in previous month Current account recorded deficit of €19 billion (0.1% of euro area GDP) in 12 months to August 2022, after surplus of €338 billion (2.8%) one year earlier In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled […]

FAQ: Criteria for risk assessment of plants produced by targeted mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis

In a statement published today, EFSA’s scientists have proposed six main criteria to assist the risk assessment of plants produced using the genetic engineering techniques of targeted mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis. The European Commission asked us for this scientific advice to support their ongoing policy initiative on new genomic techniques.