The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
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The National Assembly for Wales, being designated[1] for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act[2] in relation to the control and regulation of the deliberate release, placing on the market and transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section, makes the following Regulations— Title, commencement and application 1. The title of these Regulations is the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2005, they come into force on 15 July 2005 and they apply in relation to Wales. Amendment of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002 2. —(1) The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002[3] are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Regulation. (2) In regulation 2—
(b) genetically modified organisms for feed use;
(b) food produced from, or containing ingredients produced from, genetically modified organisms; or (c) genetically modified organisms for food use;". (3) In regulation 16—
(b) The following paragraph is substituted for paragraph (f)—
(c) The following paragraph is inserted after paragraph
(f)—
(4) The following regulation is inserted
after regulation 18—
18A. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the marketing of traces of a genetically modified organism or combination of genetically modified organisms in products intended for direct use as food or feed or for processing shall be exempted from the requirements of section 108(1)(a) of the Act (to carry out a risk assessment) and of section 111(1)(a) of the Act (to obtain consent) provided that the conditions set out in article 47 of the Food and Feed Regulation are met. (2) Paragraph (1) shall cease to have effect on 18 April 2007.". (5) The following paragraph is substituted
for paragraph (2) of regulation 22—
(This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002 (the 2002 Regulations). The amendments to the 2002 Regulations give effect in Wales to the consequential amendments made to Council Directive 2001/18/EC (OJ No. L106, 17.4.02, p.1) on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (the "Deliberate Release Directive") by Council Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 (OJ No L286, 18.10.03, p.1) on genetically modified food and feed (the "Food and Feed Regulation"). These amending Regulations—
(b) provide that, where products have been approved in accordance with legislative provisions other than those contained in the 2002 Regulations, those products are only exempt from the requirements of sections 108(1)(a) and 111(1)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 if they have been marketed in accordance with any conditions or limitations imposed upon the consent that has been issued in relation to that product (regulation 2(3)(a)); (c) provide for the marketing of genetically modified food and feed that has been authorised under the Food and Feed Regulation without the need for a marketing consent under section 111(1)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 ("the Act"), or an additional risk assessment under section 108(1)(a) of the Act (regulation 2(3)(c)); and (d) provide that, until 18 April 2007, the placing on the market of traces of a genetically modified organism or a combination of genetically modified organisms in products intended for direct use as food or feed or for processing is exempt from the requirements of section 111(1)(a) of the Act (to obtain a marketing consent) and of section 108(1)(a) of the Act (to carry out a risk assessment) provided the conditions specified in article 47 of the Food and Feed regulation are met (regulation 2(4)). (e) clarify that the National Assembly for Wales must not grant or refuse to consent to release genetically modified organisms before the end of the latest date on which the representations mentioned in regulations 21(c) and (f) of the 2002 Regulations can be made (regulation 2(5)). A Regulatory Appraisal has been prepared. Copies can be obtained
from the Food and Market Development Division, National Assembly for
Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ. Notes: [1] S.I. 2003/2901.back [4] OJ No L106, 17.4.2001, p.1.back [5] OJ No L268, 18.10.2003, p.24.back [6] OJ No L258, 18.10.2003, p.1.back [7] OJ No L43, 14.2.1997, p.1.back [8] OJ No L284, 31.10.2003, p.1.back
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