France fined over GM crop delay
French environmentalists have led protests against GM cropsThe EU's top court has ordered France to pay a 10m-euro (£8.7m; $12.9m) fine for delaying implementing EU rules on genetically modified (GM) crops.The European Court of Justice said France's conduct was "unlawful".
France has refused to apply a 2002 law which set out how biotech crops could be planted in areas where other conventional crops were being grown.
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