9.—(1) Council Decision 2002/813/EC establishing pursuant to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the summary notification information format for notifications concerning the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms for purposes other than for placing on the market is amended as follows.
(2) For Article 1 substitute—
1. The Summary Notification Information Format set out in the Annex must be used for the purpose of summarising an application for consent to release genetically modified organisms, pursuant to—
(a)in relation to England, regulation 11(1)(d) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002;
(b)in relation to Wales, regulation 12(1)(d) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002;
(c)in relation to Scotland, regulation 11(1)(d) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2002;
(d)in relation to Northern Ireland, regulation 11(1)(d) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
2. In this Decision, “constituent nation” means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.”.
(3) Omit Article 2.
(4) The Annex is amended in accordance with paragraphs (5) to (7).
(5) In the Introduction section—
(a)omit the first paragraph;
(b)in the sixth and eighth paragraphs, for the words from “to the competent authority” to the end substitute “in the full application for consent to release”.
(6) In Part 1—
(a)in the heading, omit the words from “in accordance” to the end;
(b)in section A—
(i)omit paragraph 1(a);
(ii)in paragraph 4—
(aa)in the heading, for the words from “elsewhere in” to “Article 6(1))” substitute “in any other constituent nation of the United Kingdom to that for which the application has been made”;
(bb)in the second row of the table, for “insert the country code(s)” substitute “state the countries concerned”;
(iii)in paragraph 5—
(aa)in the heading, for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom;
(bb)for the second row of the table substitute—
“If yes, state the countries concerned”;
(iv)in paragraph 6—
(aa)in the heading, for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(bb)for the second row of the table substitute—
“If yes, state the countries concerned”;
(c)in section B—
(i)in paragraph 3—
(aa)in point (a), for “country where the notification is made” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(bb)in point (b), for “other EC countries” substitute “member States”;
(cc)in points (c) and (d), for “country where the notification is made” substitute “United Kingdom”;
(ii)in paragraph 6, omit “Community”;
(d)in section D, in paragraph 4, in the heading—
(i)omit “Community”;
(ii)for “Directive 90/679/EEC on” substitute “those relating to”;
(e)in section E, in paragraph 3(b), at the end, insert “of Directive 2001/18/EC”.
(7) In Part 2—
(a)in section A—
(i)in paragraph 3—
(aa)in the heading, for the words from “elsewhere, inside” to “Article 6(1)” substitute “in any other constituent nation of the United Kingdom to that for which the application has been made,”;
(bb)in the second row of the table, for “insert the country code(s)” substitute “state the countries concerned”;
(ii)in paragraph 4—
(aa)in the heading, for “, inside or outside the Community” substitute “in the United Kingdom”;
(bb)in the second row of the table, for “notification number” substitute “state the countries concerned”.