# Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002, Paragraph 12


The following pathological, ecological and physiological traits—
(a) the classification of hazard according to existing Community rules concerning the protection of human health and the environment;
(b) the generation time in natural ecosystems and the sexual and asexual reproductive cycle;
(c) information on survivability, including seasonability and the ability to form survival structures, including seeds, spores and sclerotia;
(d) pathogenicity, including infectivity, toxigenicity, virulence, allergenicity, ability to act as a carrier (vector) of pathogen, possible vectors, host range including non-target organisms and possible activation of latent viruses (proviruses) and ability to colonise other organisms;
(e) antibiotic resistance, and potential use of these antibiotics in humans and domestic organisms for prophylaxis and therapy;
(f) involvement in environmental processes, including primary production, nutrient turnover, decomposition of organic matter and respiration.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2443/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-regulations-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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