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Decree on the report on the adequacy of a product containing genetically modified organisms for its placing on the market.

Country/Territory
Slovenia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette No. 118/2005
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Genetically modified organism (GMO) PIC-prior informed consent Data collection/reporting
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Decree entered into force on 11 January 2006.
Abstract

This Decree of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, which is composed of eight articles, establishes the scope and elements of the report on the assessment of the adequacy of a product containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for its placing on the market and its use. The report includes in particular: characteristics of the recipient organism relevant to the assessment of GMOs in the product; characteristics of all known risks to human health or the environment caused by the release of unchanged recipient organism in the environment; result of genetic modification in the modified organism; risk assessment to human health or the environment; any new risks to human health or the environment, which may result from the release of GMOs in the product compared with the release of the corresponding modified organisms; the purpose of placing the product on the market and its proposed use; measures required to control risks to human health or the environment which may be caused by the product and its use; proposed monitoring program of the product and its potential consequences for human health or the environment.

Full text
Slovenian
Website
www.pisrs.si

References - Legislation

Implements

Management of Genetically Modified Organisms Act.

Legislation | Slovenia | 2002 (2012)

Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), Classification/declassification, Use restrictions, Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Registration, Research, Policy/planning, Plant production, International trade, Biotechnology

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC

Legislation | European Union | 2001 (2018)

Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), PIC-prior informed consent, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Precautionary principle, Biotechnology

Source: FAO, FAOLEX