Regulation 28 General provisions of consents to market

A consent to market genetically modified organisms granted by the Secretary of State under section 111(1) of the Act shall specify—

(a)

the scope of the consent, including the identity of the genetically modified organisms to be marketed and their unique identifier,

(b)

the period of validity of the consent,

(c)

the conditions for marketing the product, including any specific conditions of use, handling and packaging of the genetically modified organisms, and conditions for the protection of particular ecosystems or environments or geographical areas as applicable,

(d)

that the applicant shall make control samples available to the Secretary of State on request,

(e)

the labelling requirements, in accordance with paragraph 8 of Schedule 3, which shall include a requirement to notify the Secretary of State of any new commercial name of the product after consent has been given, and

(f)

monitoring requirements which shall be in accordance with the monitoring plan, and shall include the time period of the monitoring plan, an obligation that the applicant shall submit F1monitoring reports in the relevant format set out in the Annexes to Commission Decision 2009/770/EC and, where appropriate, any obligations on any person selling the product or any user, which may include an obligation to provide information at an appropriate level on the location of the genetically modified organisms that are grown.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 28(f) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/88), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(13); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)