These Regulations amend the Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 in order to implement Commission Implementing Decision 2011/884/EU on emergency measures regarding unauthorized genetically modified rice in rice products originating from China. The Commission Decision provides that import restrictions that previously applied to Bt 63 genetically modified rice shall now apply, with modifications, to all unauthorized genetically modified rice.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · 2012-01-10