Retained EU Law 2004 United Kingdom

Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2004 of 6 April 2004 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application for the authorisation of new genetically modified food and feed, the notification of existing products and adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk evaluation (Text with EEA relevance)

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Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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uri:annex/i/division/1

uri:annex/i/division/1

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  • Reference Laboratory must evaluate and validate GMO detection methods Statutory regulator
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uri:annex/i/division/3/division/a

  • Submit full method optimisation and testing data with your GMO authorisation application
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uri:annex/i/division/3/division/c

uri:annex/i/division/3/division/c

s.annex ii para.1

The reference material as referred to in Articles 5(3)(j) and...

s.annex ii para.2

For verification and value assignment, a method that has been...

s.art001

This chapter provides detailed rules concerning applications for authorisation submitted...

s.art002

(1) Without prejudice to Article 5(3) and (5) and Article...

s.art003

(1) The application shall include the following:

s.art004

(1) Samples of the food and feed and their control...

s.art020

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of...

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