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Document ID (ISN)77842
CIS number 01-1585
ISSN - Serial title 0106-8458 - Lovtidende A
Year 2001
Convention or series no.
Title Notification No.642 of 2001 concerning genetic technology and the work environment [Denmark]
Original title Bekendtgørelse om genteknolgi og arbejdsmiljø [in Danish]
Bibliographic information 28 June 2001, Vol.108, No.642, p.3826-3856.
Internet access http://www.arbejdstilsynet.dk/Overblik/atviden/bekendtg/B064201/B064201.htm [in Danish]
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 Notification No.384 of 2000 (CIS 01-1295) on the same subject is repealed.
Descriptors (primary) Denmark; biotechnology industry; genetic engineering; genetically modified organisms
Descriptors (secondary) hazard evaluation; law; approval; substitution
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceDenmark
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) New technologies
Browse category(ies) Biotechnology industry