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Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (W.S.I. No. 1913 (W.156) of 2005).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Wales
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Ecosystem preservation EIA Pollution control Genetically modified organism (GMO) Biotechnology Animal feed/feedstuffs Biosafety Plant production
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
Coming into force on 15 July 2005.
Abstract

These amending Regulations: (a) update references to relevant EC legislation; (b) provide that, where products have been approved in accordance with legislative provisions other than those contained in the 2002 Regulations, those products are only exempt from the requirements of sections 108(1)(a) and 111(1)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 if they have been marketed in accordance with any conditions or limitations imposed upon the consent that has been issued in relation to that product; (c) provide for the marketing of genetically modified food and feed that has been authorized under the Food and Feed Regulation without the need for a marketing consent under section 111(1)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, or an additional risk assessment under section 108(1)(a) of the Act; and (d) provide that, until a specified date, the placing on the market of traces of a genetically modified organism or a combination of genetically modified organisms in products intended for direct use as food or feed or for processing is exempt from the requirements of section 111(1)(a) of the Act (to obtain a marketing consent) and of section 108(1)(a) of the Act (to carry out a risk assessment) provided the conditions specified in article 47 of the Food and Feed Regulation are met.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Regulation (EC) No. 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC

Legislation | European Union | 2003

Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), Inspection, Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Traceability/product tracing, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 3188 (W.304)).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2002

Keyword: Ecosystem preservation, EIA, Pollution control, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Biotechnology, Plant production, Biosafety, Biosecurity

Source: FAO, FAOLEX