VZCZCXRO9031
RR RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV RUEHSL RUEHSR
DE RUEHWR #0915 2471500
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 041500Z SEP 09
FM AMEMBASSY WARSAW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8847
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS WARSAW 000915 
 
STATE FOR EEB/TPP/ABT, EUR/ERA 
STATE PASS TO USTR 
USDA FOR FAS/OSTA NAIM OCRA/NENON, KOWALSKI 
BRUSSELS FOR AG MINISTER COUNSELOR, 
EU MEMBER STATES FOR AGR AND ECON 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: EAGR ECON ETRD PL
 
SUBJECT: POLAND'S VIEW ON UNAPPROVED BIOTECH VARIETIES IN U.S. 
SOYBEAN SHIPMENTS 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR ECON ETRD PL
 
REF: STATE 86566 
 
¶1.  Summary.  Poland likely supports, or will abstain from voting, 
on suspended U.S. soybean shipments due to the EU zero tolerance for 
unapproved biotech varieties -- if the September 7 Ag Ministers 
Council meeting discusses the issue.  End summary. 
 
¶2.  August 28, Ag Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of 
Agriculture, Department for Animal and Feed Products, Director 
Wojciech Wojtyra.  Wojtyra commented that the Ministry had no 
position on the low level presence issue.  Wojtyra added that the 
Polish Grain and Feed Producers Association and others had written 
the Ministry asking for support to raise the zero tolerance limit to 
a workable level.  Wojtyra said that there had been no communication 
from the Commission or other member states to Poland about the 
issue. 
 
¶3.  September 4, Ag Counselor met with member companies' 
representatives of the Polish Grain and Feed Producers Association. 
Contacts reported that in their view the Ministry will either 
abstain or support the issue if raised.  Called for comment, MinAg 
declined to confirm how it might vote. 
 
ASHE