www.checkbiotech.org ; www.raupp.info ; www.czu.cz

The EU-funded ?Co-Extra? project is now exploring the co-existence and
traceability of genetically modified (GM) and non-genetically modified
(non-GM) products, March 2006.

It contains eight separate work packages. All in all 54 institutes and
companies are involved in the research project which is funded by the EU
with 13,52 Mio ? for four years.

In work package 3, FiBL is examining the economic costs and benefits of
traceability and co-existence together with eight other European partners.
Each country will examine a different set of products.

In Switzerland, the first step will be to analyse the produce flow for maize
and rapeseed and to identify the stakeholders in the value-added chain. This
part of the project will be completed in the summer of 2006. Subsequently,
the costs caused by traceability and co-existence will be calculated and it
will be assessed whether customers would be willing to pay a higher price
for guaranteed non-GM produce. In the final phase of the project the
economic consequences of consumers? reactions to the new EU rules on
labelling and traceability will be assessed.

[www.fibl.org]

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