{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-18/annex-II/division-D/division-D.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-18/annex-II/division-D/division-D.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/II/division/D/division/D.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "D.2",
  "heading": "In the case of genetically modified higher plants (GMHP)",
  "text": "‘ Higher plants ’ shall mean plants which belong to the taxonomic group Spermatophytae (Gymnospermae and Angiospermae).\n1.. Persistence and invasiveness of the GMHP, including plant to plant gene transfer\n2.. Plant to micro-organisms gene transfer\n3.. Interactions of the GMHP with target organisms\n4.. Interactions of the GMHP with non-target organisms\n5.. Impacts of the specific cultivation, management and harvesting techniques\n6.. Effects on biogeochemical processes\n7.. Effects on human and animal health.",
  "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/II/division/D/division/D.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."
}