{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-641/annex-I/division-1/division-B",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/641",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2004 of 6 April 2004 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application for the authorisation of new genetically modified food and feed, the notification of existing products and adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk evaluation (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-641",
  "path": "annex/I/division/1/division/B",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The method acceptance criteria and method performance requirements are set out in a document entitled ‘Definition of minimum performance requirements for analytical methods of GMO testing’, which shall be made available by the RL. ‘Method acceptance criteria’ are criteria, which should be fulfilled prior to the initiation of any method validation by the RL. The ‘method performance requirements’ define the minimum performance criteria that the method should demonstrate upon completion of a validation study carried out by the RL according to internationally accepted technical provisions and this in order to certify that the method validated is fit for the purpose of enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 point 1.B substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/705), regs. 1, 46(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/705), regs. 1, 46(h); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:39.025485+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."
}