Retained EU Law SI 2003/1829 United Kingdom

Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (Text with EEA relevance)

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator2 Any Person1 Manufacturer1

Plus 4 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

uri:annex/division/3 uri:annex/division/3 Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Community reference laboratory must validate GM detection methods and reportStatutory regulator
uri:annex/division/4 uri:annex/division/4 Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Reference laboratory must resolve disputes over GM food/feed test resultsStatutory regulator
s.art006 Opinion of the Authority Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authority must process GM food/feed applications within six months and publish opinionStatutory regulator
s.art009 Supervision Regulated
  • Comply with GM food and feed authorisation conditions and monitor safetyManufacturer
s.art012 Scope Regulated
  • Identify and evidence accidental GM content below 0.9% thresholdOperator
s.art018 Opinion of the Authority Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • EFSA must assess GM food/feed applications within 6 monthsStatutory regulator
s.art021 Supervision Regulated
  • Comply with conditions, monitoring and reporting for GM food/feed authorisationAny Person
s.art047 Transitional measures for adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk evaluation Regulated
  • Prove that accidental GM presence in food or feed is unavoidableOperator
44 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Objective
s.art002 Definitions
s.art003 Scope
s.art004 Requirements
s.art005 Application for authorisation
s.art007 Authorisation
s.art008 Status of existing products
s.art009 Supervision: supplementary
s.art010 Modification, suspension and revocation of authorisations
s.art011 Renewal of authorisations
s.art013 Requirements
s.art014 Implementing measures
s.art015 Scope
s.art016 Requirements
s.art017 Application for authorisation
s.art019 Authorisation
s.art020 Status of existing products
s.art021 Supervision: supplementary
s.art022 Modification, suspension and revocation of authorisations
s.art023 Renewal of authorisations
s.art024 Scope
s.art025 Requirements
s.art026 Implementing measures
s.art027 Products likely to be used as both food and feed
s.art029 Public access
s.art030 Confidentiality
s.art031 Data protection
s.art032 Community reference laboratory
s.art033 Consultation with the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies
s.art034 Emergency measures
s.art035 Committee procedure
s.art036 Administrative review
s.art037 Repeals
s.art038 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 258/97
s.art039 Amendment to Directive 82/471/EEC
s.art040 Amendments to Directive 2002/53/EC
s.art041 Amendments to Directive 2002/55/EC
s.art042 Amendment to Directive 68/193/EEC
s.art043 Amendments to Directive 2001/18/EC
s.art044 Information to be provided in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol
s.art045 Penalties
s.art046 Transitional measures for requests, labelling and notifications
s.art048 Review
s.art049 Entry into force

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