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Document ID (ISN)65150
CIS number 95-1563
ISBN(s) 0-11-052433-0
Year 1995
Convention or series no. Statutory Instruments 1995 No.304
Title Environmental Protection - The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1995 [United Kingdom]
Bibliographic information HMSO Books, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1995. 12p. Price: GBP 2.80.
Abstract These Regulations amend SI 1992 No.3280 (see CIS 93-1073) which give effect in Great Britain to Council Directive 90/220/EEC. Amendments relate to applications for consent to release genetically modified organisms into the environment, requirements for advertising applications for consent to release, cases and circumstances in which a marketing consent is required and provisions relating to the keeping of the register.
Descriptors (primary) dangerous substances; United Kingdom; biological hazards; neighbourhood protection; genetic engineering
Descriptors (secondary) European Communities; law; authorization of dangerous work; microorganisms
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) New technologies
Browse category(ies) Biological hazards