Commercial release of GMOs in the environment
EU documents (Link to the Eur-Lex website)
- Commission Decision 2002/623/EC of 24 July 2002 establishing guidance notes supplementing Annex II to 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 (OJ L 200, 30.7.2002, p. 22)
- Commission Directive (EU) 2018/350 of 8 March 2018 amending Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms (OJ L 67, 9.3.2018, p. 30)
EFSA documents (Links to the EFSA website)
- Scientific opinion on recovery in environmental risk assessments at EFSA (EFSA Journal 2016; 14(2):4313)
- Scientific opinion on coverage of endangered species in environmental risk assessments at EFSA (EFSA Journal 2016; 14(2):4312)
- Guidance on the agronomic and phenotypic characterisation of genetically modified plants (EFSA Journal 2015;13(6):4128)
- Guidance on the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified animals (EFSA Journal 2013;11(5):3200)
- Guidance on the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants (EFSA Journal 2010;8(11):1879)
- Scientific Opinion on the assessment of potential impacts of genetically modified plants on non-target organisms (EFSA Journal 2010;8(11):1877)
- Guidance for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants used for non-food or non-feed purposes (EFSA Journal 2009;1164:1-42)
OECD documents (Link to the OECD website)
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Link to the Biosafety-Clearing-House)
Commercial use of GMOs as Food and Feed
EU documents (Link to the Eur-Lex website)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2013 of 3 April 2013 on applications for authorisation of genetically modified food and feed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 641/2004 and (EC) No 1981/2006
EFSA documents (Links to the EFSA website)
- Human dietary exposure assessment to newly expressed proteins in GM foods (EFSA Journal 2019;17(7):5802)
- Guidance on allergenicity assessment of genetically modified plants (EFSA Journal 2017;15(6):4862)
- Guidance for renewal applications of genetically modified food and feed authorised under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (EFSA Journal 2015;13(6):4129)
- Guidance on the agronomic and phenotypic characterisation of genetically modified plants (EFSA Journal 2015;13(6):4128)
- Explanatory statement for the applicability of the Guidance of the EFSA Scientific Committee on conducting repeated-dose 90-day oral toxicity study in rodents on whole food/feed for GMO risk assessment (EFSA Journal 2014;12(10):3871)
- Guidance on the risk assessment of food and feed from genetically modified animals and on animal health and welfare aspects (EFSA Journal 2012;10(1):2501)
- Guidance on conducting repeated-dose 90-day oral toxicity study in rodents on whole food/feed (EFSA Journal 2011;9(12):2438)
- Guidance on the risk assessment of genetically modified micro-organisms and their products intended for food and feed use (EFSA Journal 2011;9(6):2193)
- Guidance for risk assessment of food and feed from genetically modified plants (EFSA Journal 2011; 9(5): 2150)
- Guidance on selection of comparators for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants and derived food and feed (EFSA Journal 2011;9(5):2149)
- Scientific Opinion on the assessment of potential impacts of genetically modified plants on non-target organisms (EFSA Journal 2010;8(11):1877)
- Scientific Opinion on the assessment of allergenicity of GM plants and microorganisms and derived food and feed (EFSA Journal 2010;8(7):1700)
- Scientific Opinion on Guidance for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants used for non-food or non-feed purposes (EFSA Journal 2009; 1164: 1-42)
- Report "Safety and nutritional assessment of GM plants and derived food and feed - The role of animal feeding trials" (Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2008, 46) (Link to Science Direct)
OECD documents (Link to the OECD website)
FAO documents (Links to the FAO website)
- Foods derived from modern biotechnology (2009)
- FAO GM Foods Platform: information on safety assessment of foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Link to the Biosafety-Clearing-House)