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Commission Regulation (EC) No 65/2004Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 65/2004 of 14 January 2004 establishing a system for the development and assignment of unique identifiers for genetically modified organisms

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CHAPTER IIAPPLICATIONS FOR THE PLACING ON THE MARKET OF GMOs

Article 2

1.Applications for the placing on the market of GMOs shall include a unique identifier for each GMO concerned.

2.Applicants shall, in accordance with the formats set out in the Annex, develop the unique identifier for each GMO concerned, following consultation of the OECD BioTrack product database, and the Biosafety clearing house, to determine whether or not a unique identifier has already been developed for that GMO in accordance with these formats.

Article 3

Where consent or authorisation is granted for the placing on the market of a GMO:

(a)the consent or authorisation shall specify the unique identifier for that GMO;

(b)the Commission, on behalf of the Community, or, where appropriate, the competent authority that has taken the final decision on the original application shall ensure that the unique identifier for that GMO is communicated as soon as possible, in writing, to the Biosafety clearing house;

(c)The unique identifier for each GMO concerned shall be recorded in the relevant registers of the Commission.

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