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Division 4 In general, only GMMs which show the following characteristics would be considered appropriate for inclusion in class 1 as defined in Article 4(3):

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  1. (i)

    the recipient or parental micro-organism is unlikely to cause disease to humans, animals or plantsf1;

  2. (ii)

    the nature of the vector and the insert is such that they do not endow the GMM with a phenotype likely to cause disease to humans, animals or plants, or likely to have deleterious effects on the environment;

  3. (iii)

    the GMM is unlikely to cause disease to humans, animals or plants and is unlikely to have deleterious effects on the environment.

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f1

This would only apply to animals and plants in the environment likely to be exposed.

Notes on Annex III

Footnotes

f1

See Commission Decision 2000/608/EC of 27 September 2000 concerning the guidance notes for risk assessment outlined in Annex III to Directive 90/219/EEC on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (OJ L 258, 12.10.2000, p. 43).