Article 2 Scope

United Kingdom

This Regulation shall apply, at all stages of the placing on the market, to:

(a)

products consisting of, or containing, GMOs, placed on the market in accordance with F1F2assimilated law;

(b)

food produced from GMOs, placed on the market in accordance with assimilated law;

(c)

feed produced from GMOs, placed on the market in accordance with assimilated law.

This Regulation shall not apply to medicinal products F3authorised under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 or the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.

F43.

In relation to England, this Regulation does not apply to—

(a)

products consisting of, or containing, precision bred plants placed on the market in accordance with Part 2 of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 and regulations made under it;

(b)

food and feed produced from precision bred plants placed on the market in accordance with Part 3 of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 and regulations made under it.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Word in art. 2(1)(a)-(c) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 64(2)(a)
F3: Words in Art. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Art. 2(3) inserted (13.11.2025) by The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/581), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(2)