The European Enforcement Project on Genetically Modified Organisms

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are regulated in the European Union (EU) through directives, which governments of Member States must implement, to provide assurance that any GMO work undertaken is done so safely. In this article the work of a European network of GMO inspectors founded in 1997, the European Enforcement Project (EEP) on Genetically Modified Organisms, is explained. The aim of the EEP is to exchange knowledge and experience from inspection of GMO contained use laboratories and of field (deliberate) releases of GMOs and thereby resolve challenges and impasses and promote the harmonization of enforcement practice and strategies across the EU and beyond.