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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-41/annex-III/division-B/division-7",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/41",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-41",
  "path": "annex/III/division/B/division/7",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Selection of the containment and other protective measures should then be made on the basis of the level of risk associated with the GMMs together with consideration of:",
  "text": "(i) the characteristics of the environment likely to be exposed (e.g. whether in the environment likely to be exposed to the GMMs there are known biota which can be adversely affected by the micro-organisms used in the contained use activity);\n(ii) the characteristics of the activity (e.g. its scale and/or nature);\n(iii) any non-standard operations (e.g. the inoculation of animals with GMMs; use of equipment likely to generate aerosols).\nConsideration of items (i) to (iii) for the particular activity may increase, reduce or leave unaltered the level of risk associated with the GMM as identified under point 6.",
  "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/2009/41/annex/III/division/B/division/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:13.429635+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."
}