94/730/EC: Commission Decision of 4 November 1994 establishing simplified procedures concerning the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified plants pursuant to Article 6.5 of Council Directive 90/220/EEC (Only the Spanish, Danish, German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese texts are authentic) (c. 730)

ANNEX U.K.

2. U.K.

[F1 An applicant] can submit in a single notification information on several releases of genetically modified crop plants, to be released on several different sites, on the following conditions:

• the taxononic status and biology of the recipient plants species is well known,

• information is available on the interactions of the recipient plant species in the ecosystems in which the experimental and/or agricultural releases are scheduled,

• scientific data is available on the safety to human health and the environment of experimental releases involving genetically modified plants of the same recipient plant species,

• the inserted sequences and their expression products should be safe for human health and the environment under the conditions of the experimental release,

• the inserted sequences have been well characterized,

• all the inserted sequences are integrated into the plant nuclear genome,

• all the releases are for an a priori specified programme of work,

• all the releases take place within an a priori specified time period.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Annex para. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 7(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)