GMO Deliberate Release Directive Amendment
Proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending DIRECTIVE 90/220/EEC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms
- Stage
- In force, reached 17 Apr 2001
- In force
- In force since 17 Apr 2001 · CELEX 32001L0018
- Transposition deadline
- 17 Oct 2002
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Lead DG
- DG ENV
- Last activity
- 17 Apr 2001
Where it stands
Latest: Publication in the Official Journal, 17 Apr 2001.
- 11 Feb 1999
- EP position at first reading
- 12 Apr 2000
- Adoption of amendments to the Council’s first reading position by the EP
- 12 Mar 2001
- Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
- 17 Apr 2001
- Publication in the Official Journal
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 6 published.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption | Transposition deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/350 | Implementing · Directive | Published | 29 Sept 2019 | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1300 | Implementing · Decision | Published | ||
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2050 | Implementing · Decision | Published | ||
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/321 | Implementing · Decision | Published | ||
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/694 | Implementing · Decision | Published | ||
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/692 | Implementing · Decision | Published |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Text adopted · 32002D0623Commission
- Text adopted · 32002D0811Commission
- Text adopted · 32002D0812Commission
- Text adopted · 32002D0813Commission
- Text adopted · 32003D0701Commission
- Text adopted · 32004D0204Commission
- Report · A4-0024/1999Parliament
- Report · A5-0032/2001Parliament
- Report · A5-0083/2000Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2002)0359Commission
- Proposal · COM(2002)0361Commission
- Proposal · COM(2002)0362Commission
- Proposal · COM(2024)0170Commission
- Text adopted · Directive 2001/0018Commission
- OJ C 040 07.02.2001, p. 0007Commission
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- OJ C 064 06.03.2000, p. 0001Commission
- OJ C 139 04.05.1998, p. 0001Commission
- OJ C 139 19.05.1999, p. 0007Commission
- OJ C 150 28.05.1999, p. 0003Commission
- OJ C 276 01.10.2001, p. 0050-0119Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 065 03.03.2004, p. 0020-0022Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 106 17.04.2001, p. 0001Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 200 30.07.2002, p. 0022-0033Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 254 08.10.2003, p. 0021-0028Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 280 18.10.2002, p. 0027-0036Commission
- SEC(2007)0274Commission
- SEC(2011)0481Commission
- Text adopted · T5-0075/2001Parliament
- Text adopted · T5-0147/2000Parliament
Summary
GeneratedDirective 2001/18/EC governs deliberate release and placing on the market of GMOs, requiring environmental risk assessment and prior written consent. It applies to notifiers and Member States, with exemptions for certain techniques like mutagenesis. The consolidated version in force since 27 March 2021 includes cultivation opt-outs and safeguard clauses.
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