Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she expects to receive the final report of the World Trade Organisation Disputes Panel on the claims by the US, Canada, and others that the de facto moratorium on the approval of new genetically modified products within the EU constituted an economic barrier to trade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24587/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The WTO panel has recently issued its Final Report to the parties to the dispute (the EU, Argentina, Canada and the US). According to WTO rules, the Final Panel Report remains confidential until it has been translated into all the official languages of the WTO and has been publicly circulated. The Report does not become binding until it has been endorsed by WTO Membership at a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) — generally held within sixty days unless an appeal is lodged.

The EU will decide on the next steps at the WTO level on the basis of a careful analysis of the final report.