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Contained
Use of GMOs and pathogens
Regulatory framework and procedures in the Brussels
Region
(Last revised:
February 15, 2012
)
| Contacts |
 Regional
Authorities Biosafety and Biotechnology Unit |
| Documentation |
| Forms
to be used for notifications |
| Regulatory framework in force |
| Decree
of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region of
8 November 2001 (OJ 26.10.2002, p. 7209) [Full text in French] [Full text in Dutch]
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| Procedures |
| Procedures for first and subsequent contained uses |
All contained uses of pathogenic and/or genetically
modified micro-organisms must be performed inside a relevant installation covered
by an environmental permit.
The notification or authorisation
procedure for such uses is established by the "Arrêté du
8 novembre 2001 du Gouvernement de la Région
de Bruxelles-Capitale relatif à l'utilisation confinée
d'organismes
génétiquement modifiés et/ou pathogènes et au classement
des installations concernées" (MB 26.10.2002, p. 7209).
The request for a certificate or for an environmental permit for the
above-mentioned installations shall contain a risk assessment of the contained
use of GMOs and/or pathogenic organisms as regards risks for human health and
the environment, and shall indicate the maximum level of containment that could
be reached in the installation.
The advice of the Biosafety and
Biotechnology Unit (SBB)
is requested during the instruction of requests for certificates and for
environmental permits.
The whole information that has to be given to ask for an authorisation or to notify a contained use activity represents the biosafety dossier. In order to facilitate the information and notification procedures and to limit at the minimum the administrative constraints for the notifiers, the SBB has, in collaboration with the Regional competent authority, developed notification forms and a user guide, on the basis of the requirements of the regional decree but also of the experience gained as regards implementation of this regulation.
| Archives |
| Decree
of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region of 9 December
1993 (repealed by the above-mentioned
Decree of 8
November 2001) - HTML
version in French - HTML version
in Dutch |
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