Judgment_paragraph 52 · Confédération paysanne and Others v Premier ministre and Ministre de l’agriculture, de l’agroalimentaire et de la forêt (C-528/16)

52That finding is supported by the objective of Directive 2001/18, which seeks, as is apparent from Article 1 thereof, in accordance with the precautionary principle, to protect human health and the environment when, first, GMOs are deliberately released into the environment for any purpose other than placing on the market within the European Union and, secondly, when GMOs are placed on the market within the European Union as or in products.