Lee maintains that the regulation of gmos is intimately connected with the rights interests and liabilities awarded and arbitrated through intellectual property law intellectual property rights play a role in shaping the relationship between the biotechnology industry and its stakeholders including farmers consumers and the broader public they help to determine the balance between encouraging economic development through biotechnology and regulating in the public interest she finds . The european union has established a legal framework to ensure that the development of modern biotechnology and more specifically of gmos takes place in safe conditions the legal framework aims to protect human and animal health and the environment by introducing a safety assessment of the highest possible standards at eu level before any gmo is placed on the market. Law and decision making for a new technology biotechnology regulation series maria lee this book explores the eus elaborate regulatory framework for gmos which extends far beyond the process of their authorisation or not for the eu market embracing disparate legal disciplines including intellectual property consumer protection and civil liability the regulation of gmos also . In sum eu regulation of gmos is a highly illuminating book from which important lessons not just for the regulation of new technologies but for risk regulation in general can be drawn it is meticulously researched and admirably clear the issues raised are of general interest such as risk management regulation and public policy and the book will appeal to a wider readership than its title suggests its publication marks 10 years since the eus. Law and decision making for a new technology biotechnology regulation series maria lee this book explores the eus elaborate regulatory framework for gmos which extends far beyond the process of their authorisation or not for the eu market embracing disparate legal disciplines including intellectual property consumer protection and civil liability the regulation of gmos also