# Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One, Division 4.10: Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

As regards Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the Commission should be empowered to establish and adapt a system for the development and assignment of unique identifiers to GMOs. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of that Regulation by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Accordingly, Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
1.. Article 8 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Unique identifiers
Article 8 The Commission shall:
(a) prior to the application of Articles 1 to 7, establish a system for the development and assignment of unique identifiers to GMOs;
(b) adapt the system provided for in point (a) as appropriate.
The measures provided for in the first paragraph, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(2). In so doing, account shall be taken of developments in international fora.’;
2.. Article 10 shall be amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
‘2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’;
(b) paragraph 4 shall be deleted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1137/annex/division/4/division/4.10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1137/annex/division-4/division-4.10
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