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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625/article-23",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/625",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Specific rules on official controls and for action taken by the competent authorities in relation to GMOs for the purpose of food and feed production and genetically modified food and feed",
  "text": "1. Official controls to verify compliance with the rules referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 1(2) shall include official controls on GMOs for the purpose of food and feed production and on genetically modified food and feed performed at all relevant stages of production, processing and distribution along the agri-food chain.\n2. The appropriate authority may make regulations to supplement this Regulation by laying down rules for the performance of the official controls referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and for action to be taken by the competent authorities following such official controls. Those regulations shall take into account the need to ensure a minimum level of official controls to prevent practices that infringe the rules referred to in point (b) of Article 1(2), and lay down:\n(a) specific requirements for the performance of official controls to respond to recognised uniform hazards and risks of:\n(i)the presence in the agri-food chain of GMOs for food and feed production and of genetically modified food and feed which have not been authorised in accordance with legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain which transposed Directive 2001/18/EC or Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003;\n(ii)the cultivation of GMOs for food and feed production and the correct application of the plan for monitoring referred to in the monitoring plan referred to in Regulation 16(2)(g) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002 or corresponding legislation in force in any of the constituent territories of Great Britain and in point (b) of Article 5(5) and point (b) of Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003;\n(b) the cases where the competent authorities in relation to specific non-compliances are to take one or more of the measures referred to in Articles 137(2) and 138(2).\n3. The appropriate authority may make regulations laying down rules on uniform practical arrangements for the performance of the official controls referred to in paragraph 1, taking into account the need to ensure a minimum level of official controls to prevent practices that infringe those rules regarding uniform minimum frequency of such official controls where a minimum level of official control is necessary to respond to recognised uniform hazards and risks of:\n(a) the presence in the agri-food chain of GMOs for food and feed production and of genetically modified food and feed which have not been authorised in accordance with the legislation which transposed Directive 2001/18/EC in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain or Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003;\n(b) the cultivation of GMOs for food and feed production and the correct application of the plan for monitoring referred to in regulation 16(2)(g) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002 or corresponding legislation in force in any of the constituent territories of Great Britain and in point (b) of Article 5(5) and point (b) of Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.\n...\n4. For the purpose of Article 30, the delegation of certain official control tasks, referred to in this Article, to one or more natural persons shall be allowed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 23(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 6(7)(a)(i)(aa) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 23(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 6(7)(a)(i)(bb) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 23(2)(a)(i) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 6(7)(a)(ii)(aa) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 23(2)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 6(7)(a)(ii)(bb) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 23(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 6(7)(b)(i) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 23(3)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 6(7)(b)(ii)(aa) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 23(3)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 6(7)(b)(ii)(bb) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 23(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 6(7)(b)(iii) (with reg. 46)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Art. 23(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1481), regs. 1, 6(7)(b)(iv) (with reg. 46)"
    }
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