Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.This Section shall apply to foods which are to be delivered as such to the final consumer or mass caterers in the Community and which:
(a)contain or consist of GMOs; or
(b)are produced from or contain ingredients produced from GMOs.
2.This Section shall not apply to foods containing material which contains, consists of or is produced from GMOs in a proportion no higher than 0,9 per cent of the food ingredients considered individually or food consisting of a single ingredient, provided that this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable.
3.In order to establish that the presence of this material is adventitious or technically unavoidable, operators must be in a position to supply evidence to satisfy the competent authorities that they have taken appropriate steps to avoid the presence of such material.
[F14. Measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it and establishing appropriate lower thresholds, in particular in respect of foods containing or consisting of GMOs, or taking account of advances in science and technology shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 35(3).]
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