{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1830/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1830/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2003/1830",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1830",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "1. This Regulation shall apply, at all stages of the placing on the market, to:\n(a) products consisting of, or containing, GMOs, placed on the market in accordance with assimilated law;\n(b) food produced from GMOs, placed on the market in accordance with assimilated law;\n(c) feed produced from GMOs, placed on the market in accordance with assimilated law.\n2. This Regulation shall not apply to medicinal products authorised under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 or the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.\n3. In relation to England, this Regulation does not apply to—\n(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;\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1830/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:53.335506+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."
}