{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-18/annex-6/division-I/division-B/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-18/annex-6/division-I/division-B/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2001/18",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-18",
  "path": "annex/6/division/I/division/B/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Molecular characterisation",
  "text": "(a) Information relating to the genetic modification\n(i) Description of the methods used for the genetic modification.\n(ii) Nature and source of the vector used.\n(iii) Source of the nucleic acid(s) used for transformation, size, and intended function of each constituent fragment of the region intended for insertion.\n(b) Information relating to the GMHP\n(i) General description of the trait(s) and characteristics which have been introduced or modified.\n(ii) Information on the sequences actually inserted/deleted:\nsize and copy number of all insert(s) and methods used for its/their characterisation,\nin case of deletion, size and function of the deleted region(s),\nsubcellular location(s) of the insert(s) in the plant cells (integrated in the nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria, or maintained in a non-integrated form), and methods for its/their determination.\n(iii) Parts of the plant where the insert is expressed.\n(iv) Genetic stability of the insert and phenotypic stability of the GMHP.\n(c) Conclusions of the molecular characterisation",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by 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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2001/18/annex/6/division/I/division/B/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:00.934371+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}