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UNCLAS PRAGUE 001204
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EB/TTP/ABT/BTT JACK BOBO
USDA FOR FAS/BIG DAWN WILLIAMS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO EAGR ECON EZ
SUBJECT: CZECH REPUBLIC: NO DELEGATE TO THE CODEX AD HOC
TASK FORCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY
REF: STATE 147159
(U) The Czech Republic will not send a delegation to the
Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived
from Biotechnology in Chiba, Japan. They will, however, send
in a position paper which is being coordinated by Ms. Eva
Pribylova of the Ministry of Agriculture. The paper is in
the approval process and Embassy Prague should receive a copy
of the final version Tuesday, August 23rd. We will pass it to
EB as soon as it is
available.
MUNTER