{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-18/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-18/article-9.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": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Consultation of and information to the public",
  "text": "1. Member States shall, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 7 and 25, consult the public and, where appropriate, groups on the proposed deliberate release. In doing so, Member States shall lay down arrangements for this consultation, including a reasonable time-period, in order to give the public or groups the opportunity to express an opinion.\n2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 25:\nMember States shall make available to the public information on all part B releases of GMOs in their territory;\nthe Commission shall make available to the public the information contained in the system of exchange of information pursuant to Article 11.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2001/18/article/9",
    "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."
}