{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1946/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1946/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2003/1946",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1946/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1946",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Competent authorities and focal point",
  "text": "1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. The GB focal point must forthwith inform the Secretariat of any change in the designation of the focal point, and of any changes in the names, addresses or responsibilities of the relevant GB competent authorities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 17(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(12)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 17(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(12)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 17(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(12)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1421, Sch. para. 3(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Art. 17 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(12)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1946/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:52.082218+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."
}