{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1946/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1946/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Informing the relevant GB competent authority",
  "text": "The exporter shall for a period of a minimum of five years keep a record of the notification referred to in Article 4 and the acknowledgement of receipt and the decision of the Party or, where appropriate, non-Party of import and send a copy of these documents to the competent authority for each constituent nation in which the exporter is based.\nWithout prejudice to Article 16, the relevant GB competent authority for each constituent nation in which the exporter is based shall make these documents available to the public in accordance with assimilated law on access to environmental information.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(5)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1421, Sch. para. 3(4)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(5)(c)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1421, Sch. para. 3(4)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(5)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Art. 6 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. 65(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(5)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1421, Sch. para. 3(4)(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/6",
    "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."
}