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Official Journal of the European Communities - 17.4.2001 - Page No L 106/1

Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms
and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC

• Preamble
• Part A: General Provisions
• Article 1: Objectives
• Article 2: Definitions
• Article 3: Exemptions
• Article 4: General obligations
• Part B: Deliberate Release of GMOs for any other purpose than for placing on the market
• Article 5
• Article 6: Standard authorisation procedure
• Article 7: Differentiated procedures
• Article 8: Handling of modifications and new information
• Article 9: Consultation of and information to the public
• Article 10: Reporting by notifiers on releases
• Article 11: Exchange of information between competent authorities and the Commission
• Part C: Placing on the Market of GMOs as or in products
• Article 12: Sectoral legislation
• Article 13: Notification Procedure
• Article 14: Assessment report
• Article 15: Standard procedure
• Article 16: Criteria and information for specified GMOs
• Article 17: Renewal of consent
• Article 18: Community procedure in case of objections
• Article 19: Consent
• Article 20: Monitoring and handling of new information
• Article 21: Labelling
• Article 22: Free circulation
• Article 23: Safeguard clause
• Article 24: Information to the public
• Part D: Final Provisions
• Article 25: Confidentiality
• Article 26: Labelling of GMOs referred to in Article 2(4), second subparagraph
• Article 27: Adaptation of Annexes to technical progress
• Article 28: Consultation of Scientific Committee(s)
• Article 29: Consultation of Committee(s) on Ethics
• Article 30: Committee procedure
• Article 31: Exchange of information and reporting
• Article 32: Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on biosafety
• Article 33: Penalties
• Article 34: Transposition
• Article 35: Pending notifications
• Article 36: Repeal
• Article 37
• Article 38
• Annex IA: Techniques referred to in Article 2(2)
• Annex IB: Techniques referred to in Article 3
• Annex II: Principles for the environmental risk assessment
• Annex III: Information required in the notification
• Annex III A: Information required in the notification concerning releases of genetically modified organisms other than higher plants
• Annex III B: Information required in the notification concerning releases of genetically modified higher plants
• Annex IV: Additional information
• Annex V: Criteria for the application of differentiated procedures (Article 7)
• Annex VI: Guidelines for the assessment reports
• Annex VII: Monitoring plan
• Annex VIII: Correlation table

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