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9Commission Recommendation of 23 July 2003 on guidelines for the development of national strategies and best practices to ensure the coexistence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming[EB/OL], http://ec.europa.eu/agrieuhuro/publi/reports/ coexistence2/guide_en.pdf.
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