Kukakamizika kwaposachedwa kwa Nyumba Yamalamulo ku Europe kuti achepetse malamulo atsopano a EU pankhani yogulitsa mbewu kwadzetsa mantha m'gawo la mbatata, pomwe okhudzidwa akudzutsa ziwopsezo zakuwonjezeka kwa kufala kwa matenda komwe kungabwere chifukwa cha lamuloli.
Lamuloli lomwe lidayambitsidwa ndi European Commission mu Julayi, likufuna kusintha malamulo khumi omwe alipo a EU okhudza kupanga ndi kutsatsa kwa Plant Reproductive Material (PRM), kuphatikiza lamulo la 2002 lomwe limafotokoza za malonda a mbatata.
Lingaliro lomwe Komiti Yowona za Zaulimi ku Nyumba Yamalamulo (AGRI), motsogozedwa ndi MEP waku Italy Herbert Dorfmann wa European People's Party (EPP), ipitilira kukhululukidwa komwe bungwe la Commission likufuna posinthana mbewu. Udindo wa AGRI ukuwonetsa kupumula kwina kwa malamulo, ndikuyambitsa nkhawa m'gawo la mbatata.
Europatat, bungwe loyimira zofuna za amalonda aku Europe a mbatata ndi mbatata, lanena kukayikira za udindo wa AGRI, ndikugogomezera mawonekedwe apadera a mbewu ya mbatata omwe angakumane ndi "zotsatira zoyipa" ngati zosinthazo zitachitika.
Romans Vorss, mkulu woona zaukadaulo ku Europatat, adawunikira zoopsa zomwe zingachitike popanga msika wofananira wambewu kudzera muzosiyana zomwe zaperekedwa. Anagogomezera kufunika koyang'anira mbewu zisanayende, makamaka chifukwa cha zoopsa za phytosanitary zomwe zimapezeka ponyamula mbatata mtunda wautali m'minda yayikulu.
Europe, yomwe imapanga mbatata padziko lonse lapansi, imasunga malamulo okhwima okhudza kubwereketsa mbatata kuchokera kunja chifukwa cha ziwopsezo zakukula kwa phytosanitary. Vorss adazindikira kuti ndi Switzerland yokha yomwe pano ili ndi ufulu womasuka ku malamulo okhwimawa.
Pamene voti ikuyandikira, Europatat ikulimbikitsa bungweli kuti liganizirenso za kusintha kowonjezereka komwe AGRI inanena ndi kubwereranso ku zolemba zoyambirira zomwe bungweli linatulutsa kuti athetse mavuto omwe angakhalepo m'gululi.
Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, bungwe la IFOAM, lomwe likuimira gawo la ulimi wa organic la EU, limalimbikitsa kuti alimi azitha kusinthana zinthu zoberekera popanda zopinga zambiri. A Eric Gall, wachiwiri kwa director wa IFOAM, adavomereza kuti nkhawa zomwe amalonda amagulitsa mbatata ndizoyenera, koma adatsindika kuti mfundozi siziyenera kulemetsa alimi ang'onoang'ono mopanda malire.
Gall adalongosola kuti kusakhululukidwa komwe a AGRI akulonjeza ndi kochepa ndipo cholinga chake ndi "zopanda phindu" zomwe zimayang'ana kwambiri kuteteza mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya majini ndikuthandizira alimi kugwiritsa ntchito mbewu zawo. Ananenetsa kuti malamulo a zaumoyo ku EU azidzagwirabe ntchito mosasamala kanthu kuti kusamutsidwa kwa mbewu kumatsatiridwa ndi malamulo otsatsa.