PART A GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 Objective
In accordance with the precautionary principle, the objective of this Directive is to approximate the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States and to protect human health and the environment when:
carrying out the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms for any other purposes than placing on the market within the Community,
placing on the market genetically modified organisms as or in products within the Community.