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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1830/article-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Unique identifiers",
  "text": "(1.) An appropriate authority may, by regulations, make provision for the purposes of adapting the system, as amended from time to time, and as relevant, for assigning unique identifiers to GMOs referred to in Articles 2 and 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.\n(2.) Before making regulations under paragraph 1, the appropriate authority—\n(a) must take account of developments in international fora, and\n(b) must consult the relevant food standards authority.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/778), regs. 1, 7(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1830/article/8",
    "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."
}