GMO Deliberate Release Directive

PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE DELIBERATIVE RELEASE TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS

Stage: No longer in force
Transposition deadline: 22 Oct 1991
Procedure: Directive
Last activity: 8 May 1990

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Directive 90/220/EEC requires notification to national competent authorities before any deliberate release of a GMO or placing on the market of a GMO product, with consent required before release. Member States had to transpose it by 23 October 1991.

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