Croatia took legal action against the company Pioneer Sjeme and against responsible persons working for the company.
The damages which the company may have to pay range from a half million to one million kuna, and damages which may have to be paid by responsible persons range from 20,000 to 70,000 kuna.
Last summer, the agriculture ministry had to earmark 12.8 million kuna for the removal of GMO corn which was sown on 1,790 hectares. The funds were paid to farmers in compensation for the damage they suffered after they sowed the corn of the PR34G13 type, which contained genetically modified organisms.
The ministry immediately ensured compensation for the farmers to spare them expensive and lengthy court proceedings.
Pioneer Sjeme has not admitted that the seed, which was produced in the U.S.A. and which it imported from Austria, contained genetically modified organisms.
Repeated analyses carried out in Croatia and in an authorised laboratory in Switzerland showed that the seed in question contained GMOs.