# Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance), 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):

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(i) the recipient or parental micro-organism is unlikely to cause disease to humans, animals or plants;
(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;
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/41/annex/III/division/B/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-41/annex-III/division-B/division-4
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