The Association is independent of public, civil and military authorities, of any external organization whatsoever, and of any individual or collective supervision, as regards the aims it pursues and its own mode of action.

CRIIGEN was set up nearly 25 years ago with the aim of making available to everyone a committee of independent experts, i.e. not funded in any way by the agrochemical industry, to study the real impact of genetically modified organisms, pesticides, endocrine disruptors and other xenobiotics.