PART 4Amendments to retained direct EU legislation

CHAPTER 2EU Decisions

Council Decision 2002/812/EC8

1

Council Decision 2002/812/EC establishing pursuant to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council the summary information format relating to the placing on the market of genetically modified organisms as or in products is amended as follows.

2

For Article 1 substitute—

Article 1

The information format set out in the Annex must be used to summarise applications for consent to market genetically modified organisms, pursuant to—

a

in relation to England, regulation 16(2)(j) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002;

b

in relation to Wales, regulation 17(2)(j) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002;

c

in relation to Scotland, regulation 16(2)(j) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2002;

d

in relation to Northern Ireland, regulation 16(2)(j) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.

3

Omit Article 2.

4

The Annex is amended in accordance with paragraphs (5) to (7).

5

In the Introduction, in the second paragraph, for “Directive 2001/18/EC” substitute “retained EU law”.

6

In Part 1—

a

in section A—

i

in paragraph 1—

aa

for the heading substitute “Name of the product to be notified”;

bb

omit points (a), (b) and (d);

ii

in paragraph 2, in each place it occurs, for “notifier” substitute “applicant”;

iii

in paragraph 4, omit points (f) and (h);

iv

omit paragraphs 5 to 7;

v

in paragraph 12, for “notifier” substitute “applicant”;

b

in section B—

i

omit paragraphs 24 and 34;

ii

in paragraph 41(e), at the end, insert “of Directive 2001/18/EC”;

c

in section D—

i

in the subheading, for the words “notified under” to the end substitute “for purposes other than marketing notified to a competent authority in the United Kingdom or to a member State”;

ii

in paragraph 8, omit the words from “according to” to the end;

iii

in the words after paragraph 8, for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”.

7

In Part 2—

a

in section A—

i

in paragraph 1—

aa

for the heading substitute “Name of the product to be notified”;

bb

omit points (a), (b) and (d);

ii

in paragraph 3, omit points (e) and (i);

iii

omit paragraphs 4 to 6;

b

in section B, in paragraph 13, for “Member State(s)” substitute “United Kingdom”;

c

in section C—

i

in paragraph 32—

aa

in the subheading, for the words from “notified under” to the end substitute “for purposes other than marketing notified to a competent authority in the United Kingdom or of a member State by the same applicant”;

bb

in point (c), omit the words from “(submitted to” to the end;

ii

in paragraph 33, in the subheading—

aa

for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;

bb

for “notifier” substitute “applicant”.