Google implements changes to its European search results in response to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), sparking debate within the travel industry. This analysis explores the ‘blue link’ test, its effects on travel aggregators and direct bookers, and the broader implications for digital market regulation.
Belgium has proposed excluding patented plant strains from the light-touch regulation of genetically modified crops created using modern DNA editing technology, in an effort to break a deadlock among EU governments over the issue. The proposal, which will be discussed by government delegates on May 22, addresses concerns over the patenting of novel seed varieties by agribusinesses, while also excluding herbicide-resistant strains of GMO plants from the new ‘category 1’ classification. The compromise text seeks to create a new category of GMO plant products whose genome has been modified with a limited number of tweaks using targeted mutagenesis techniques.
