(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement Commission Directive 97/35/EC (OJ No. L 169, 27.6.97, p. 72) adapting to technical progress for the second time Council Directive 90/220/EEC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms, by amending the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/3280) (The 1992 Regulations). Regulation 3 substitutes the Schedule to these Regulations for Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations.
In addition, these Regulations amend the 1992 Regulations to take account of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 (OJ No. L 43, 14.2.97, p. 1) concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (the Novel Foods Regulation), with regard to the cases and circumstances in which a marketing consent is required under the 1992 Regulations.
Finally, these Regulations also amend the Genetically Modified Organisms (Risk Assessment) (Records and Exemptions) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/1106) to take account of the Novel Foods Regulation with regard to exemptions from the requirement to carry out risk assessments.