{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-65/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-65/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/65",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 65/2004 of 14 January 2004 establishing a system for the development and assignment of unique identifiers for genetically modified organisms",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-65",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where consent or authorisation is granted for the placing on the market of a GMO:\n(a) the consent or authorisation shall specify the unique identifier for that GMO;\n(b) the Secretary of State shall ensure that the unique identifier for that GMO is communicated as soon as possible, in writing, to the Biosafety clearing house;\n(c) for GMOs authorised under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the unique identifier must be recorded in the register maintained in accordance with Article 28 of that Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 3(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/90), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/65/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:45.936615+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."
}