Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002 No. 2443

[F1 SCHEDULE 1A Information to be included in applications for consent to market genetically modified higher plants

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1A inserted (29.9.2019) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1252), regs. 1(1), 7

PART 2 Information relating to the parental or recipient plant

3.   The full name of the plant—

(a) family name,

(b) genus,

(c) species,

(d) subspecies,

(e) cultivar or breeding line,

(f) common name.

4.   Information concerning—

(a) the reproduction of the plant—

(i) the mode or modes of reproduction,

(ii) any specific factors affecting reproduction,

(iii) generation time, and

(b) the sexual compatibility of the plant with other cultivated or wild plant species, including the distribution in Europe of the compatible species.

5.   Information concerning the survivability of the plant—

(a) its ability to form structures for survival or dormancy,

(b) any specific factors affecting survivability.

6.   Information concerning the dissemination of the plant—

(a) the means and extent (such as an estimation of how viable pollen or seeds decline with distance where applicable) of dissemination, and

(b) any specific factors affecting dissemination.

7.   The geographical distribution of the plant in Europe.

8.   Where the application relates to a plant species which is not normally grown in Europe, a description of the natural habitat of the plant, including information on natural predators, parasites, competitors and symbionts.

9.   Any other potential interactions, relevant to the genetically modified organism, of the plant with organisms in the ecosystem where it is usually grown, or elsewhere, including information on toxic effects on humans, animals and other organisms.]