The present Decision lays down detailed arrangements regarding the operation of the registers to be established by the Commission in accordance with article 31(2) of Directive 2001/18/EC for the purpose of recording information on genetic modifications in genetically modified organisms. In particular, the information specified in article 3 shall be recorded in the registers. The registers must be made available to the public. For this purpose, the information shall be divided as follows: (a) a set of data accessible to the public; (b) a set of data covering additional confidential data, which shall be accessible exclusively to the Member States, the Commission and the European Food Safety Authority.
2004-02-23