EU - Draft Commission Directive amending Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms

European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate-General has issued draft Directive, which  updates certain annexes to Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the environmental risk assessment of GMOs, in order to adapt them to technical progress and in the light of the Guidance documents of the European Food safety Authority concerning the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants. The list of information that notifyers must provide under Directive 2001/18/EC is also updated accordingly.

Proposed date of adoption  :To be determined.

Proposed date of publication  :To be determined.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or  :8 January 2017

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