Notification No.642 of 2001 concerning genetic technology and the work environment Jurisdiction Denmark Year 2001 Published in Danish Original/other title [Danish] Bekendtgřrelse om genteknolgi og arbejdsmiljř Serial title Lovtidende A Source 28 June 2001, Vol.108, No.642, p.3826-3856. Online availability [Danish] http://www.arbejdstilsynet.dk/Overblik/atviden/bekendtg/B064201/B064201.htm Descriptors [Primary] Denmark, biotechnology industry, genetic engineering, genetically modified organisms [Secondary] approval, hazard evaluation, law, substitution Subject category New technologies Abstract Contents of this notification implementing in Denmark the provisions of Directive 90/219/EEC (see CIS 93-1075), as modified by Directive 98/81/EC: scope (work with genetically modifed organisms (GMOs)); definitions; safety and health evaluations; classification of laboratories, laboratory environments and research and production facilities where GMOs are present; notification and approval of research and laboratory projects and of research and production facilities where GMOs are used; substitution; general safety requirements; exemptions; penalties. In annex: techniques for producing GMOs; notification and classification tables for laboratories, laboratory environments and installations where large-scale research and production involving GMOs takes place; evaluation of biological systems; guidelines for risk evaluation. Notification No.384 of 2000 (CIS 01-1295) on the same subject is repealed. CIS No. 01-1585 Database ID 77842