The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Council Decision 2002/812/EC

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8.—(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”.