In the European Union, the regulatory process is extremely slow. Even once the European Food Safety Authority has given a positive opinion on a particular trait that we're trying to get approved in the EU, it can take another two or more years for countries to adopt it and for it to become an approved trait. Even after the science authority for the European Union has said a trait is safe and ready for approval, it takes a long time for the European Union to approve it.
There are various reasons for this. Their regulatory process is very slow; they have many member countries. Member countries sometimes intervene by using what they call a safeguard clause, which is an instrument that allows them to slow the approval process if they put more data on the table. Also, they're dealing with 28 member states, all of which have different regimes. That's why this particular dialogue we're having with the EU and getting this parallel letter in the agreement is really important. The Europeans have committed to try a lot harder to speed that process up. The process of approval for the safety side happens reasonably well. It's the other stuff that's added on that causes long delays, not to mention uncertainty.