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Notifying Member: UNITED KINGDOM
If applicable, name of local government
involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):
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Agency responsible:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (DEFRA)
Name and address (including telephone and
fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or
authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:
UK TBT Enquiry Point
Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations
Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
London
SW1A 2DY
tbtenquiriesuk@businessandtrade.gov.uk
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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1
[ ], 5.6.2 [X],
5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:
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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national
tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Precision
bred plants, food and feed.
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: The Genetic
Technology (Precision Breeding) (England) Regulations 2024; (31 page(s), in
English)
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Description of content: The
notified regulations bring into force parts of the Genetic Technology
(Precision Breeding) Act 2023 to establish a regulatory framework for
organisms produced through precision breeding technologies, like gene
editing, where the genetic changes could have arisen through traditional
breeding. This comprises of two notification processes for the deliberate
release and marketing of Precision Bred Organisms (PBOs) and an authorisation
process for the food and feed derived from PBOs. The draft regulations
establish reduced information requirements and a tiered approach for
authorising PBOs. They also establish the requirement for public registers
and enforcement provisions, comparatively less burdensome than currently
under GMO legislation.
We are notifying other elements of these measures under the Agreement
on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
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Objective and rationale, including the
nature of urgent problems where applicable: Under
these new regulations, PBOs will no longer be regulated as GMOs in England.
Instead, qualifying plants, food and feed produced through precision breeding
technologies will be subject to a new proportionate, science-based
authorisation process. This process will maintain appropriate protections on
plant health, the environment and consumer information while reducing trade
barriers and facilitating trade.
This new regulatory framework will ensure
that levels of known toxins and allergens remain within acceptable levels for
the protection of human and animal health.; Protection of human health or
safety; Protection of animal or plant life or health; Protection of the
environment; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade
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Relevant documents:
Draft copy of The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) (England)
Regulations 2024
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023
(legislation.gov.uk)
Impact Assessment - Genetic Technology (Precision
Breeding) Bill (parliament.uk)
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Proposed date of adoption: October 2024
Proposed date of entry into force: April 2025
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Final date for comments: 60
days from notification
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Texts
available from: National enquiry point [X] or
address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available,
of other body:
UK TBT Enquiry Point
Trade Policy, Implementation
and Negotiations
Department for Business and
Trade
Old Admiralty Building
London
SW1A 2DY
tbtenquiriesuk@businessandtrade.gov.uk
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