Paragraph 3

For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) of regulation 6 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a)

genetically modified organisms are cultured, stored, used, transported, destroyed or disposed of, where such organisms are or are contained in—

(i)

a product marketed in pursuance of either—

(aa)

a consent granted by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland under Article 8(1) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Northern Ireland) Order 1991^f1; or

(bb)

a written consent given by another competent authority of a member State in accordance with Article 13(4) of Council Directive 90/220/EEC^f2 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms; and

in either case, the operation is conducted in accordance with any conditions or limitations attached to that consent, or

(ii)

a medicinal product for human or veterinary use marketed in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2309/93^f3; or”