| The following GAIN reports were released on December 11, 2025. _______ Maintaining Hungary's GE-free status remains a government priority. Although the country's scientific and breeding institutions were supportive of genome editing, the European Commission's (EC) legislative proposal on new genomic techniques (NGTs) was caught in political crossfire. At the same time, in the case of an enabling legislative environment in the EU, the country would be open to adopting innovative, non-transgenic biotechnologies but only with strong guarantees. This report describes the agricultural biotechnology sector in Spain, covering production and trade, policy, and marketing aspects. It includes topics related to plant, animal, and microbial biotechnology. Spain is the EU's largest grower of biotech corn and a major consumer of biotech feed ingredients. Türkiye's Biosafety Law continues to threaten imports and imposes a heavy financial burden on the country's agri-food sector. The number of approved of genetically engineered (GE) events remains arbitrarily fixed at 36 and only includes traits in corn and soy for feed use. There are no approvals for food use due to public sensitivities about the technology. These same sensitivities make it difficult for Türkiye to make meaningful revisions to the Biosafety Law. There are also 13 enzymes produced from GE Aspergillus oryzae that are currently approved for feed and industrial use, and one microbial mass (strengthened and inactivated GE Aspergillus oryzae) approved for feed use. Since our last report, MinAF published its testing frequencies for imported GE products. For more information, or for an archive of all FAS GAIN reports, please visit gain.fas.usda.gov/. | 
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