Environment and Genetic Engineering Act (No. 811 of 2007).

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The Act ensures to safeguard the environment so that society can develop on a sustainable basis in accordance with ethical values and respect for people's living conditions and preservation of animal and plant life. It applies to the manufacture, use and sale of genetically modified organisms in marine waters and fishing, and the approval thereof by the Minister of Environment after research carried out in approved laboratories.
The Act consists of 6 Chapters: Purpose and scope (1); Approvals (2); Supervision (3); Administrative provisions (4); Appeals (5); Penal, entry into force and transitional provisions (6).
The Act ensures to safeguard the environment so that society can develop on a sustainable basis in accordance with ethical values and respect for people's living conditions and preservation of animal and plant life. It applies to the manufacture, use and sale of genetically modified organisms in marine waters and fishing, and the approval thereof by the Minister of Environment after research carried out in approved laboratories.
This Act is not applicable to Greenland nor the Faroe Islands.
Title:
Environment and Genetic Engineering Act (No. 811 of 2007).
Country:
Denmark
Type of document:
Legislation
Date of original text:
Date of latest amendment:
Data source:
FAO, FAOLEX
Keywords:
Acts, Genetic engineering, Land, Registration, Transport
ECOLEX regions:
Europe
European Union Countries
Northern Europe
ECOLEX URL:
ECOLEX
Files:
den100571.pdf
Repealed:
No
Amended by
Act on cultivation of genetically modified crops (No. 28 of 2017).
Act No. 1373 of 2004 to amend various Acts in the field of environment protection.
Act No. 545 of 2005 to amend various Acts in the field of public health and certain other sectors.
Act amending the Nature Protection Act, Environmental Protection Act and other laws (No. 571 of 2006).
Act amending the Environmental Protection Act, the Marine Environment Protection Act and various other laws (No. 1571 of 2006).
Act amending the Environment Protection Act, Act on Hunting Act, and other Acts (No. 508 of 2008).
Act amending various laws (No. 431 of 2005).
Act amending Nature Protection Act, the Environmental Protection Act and various other laws (No. 484 of 2010).
Act relevant to taxation (No. 1336 of 2008).
Implements
Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC
Implemented by
Statutory Order on the approval of production using genetically modified plants and animals (No. 369 of 2000).
Statutory Order on the approval of production using genetically modified micro-organisms (No. 379 of 2000).
Statutory Order on the approval of display of genetically modified organisms and dissemination of information involving genetically modified organisms (No. 370 of 2000).
Statutory order on transport and import of genetically modified organisms (No. 380 of 2000).
Statutory Order on the approval of experimental release and of marketing of genetically modified organisms (No. 1098 of 1992).
Order No. 225 for approval of production using genetically modified microorganisms.
Order No. 226 on transport and notification in the marketing of approved genetically modified organisms in other EU countries.
Order No. 408 on the management of international environment protection areas and on the protection of certain species.