The purpose of the present Act is: 1) taking into account ethical values to protect the life and health of people, environment, animals, plants against harmful effects resulting from genetic manipulations; 2) to allow that products, in particular foodstuffs and feedstuffs, be produced and put on the market traditionally and ecologically, or, as the case may be, using genetically modified organisms; 3) to create the legal framework for the exploration, development, use and promotion of the scientific, technical and economic avenues of genetic technology. The text consists of 42 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Genetic engineering works in special facilities (II); Releasing and placing on the market (III); Common provisions (IV); Provisions concerning liability (V); Penalties (VI); Transitional and final provisions (VII). Articles 5a, 13, 24, 40 and 41a are deleted.
The purpose of the present Act is: 1) taking into account ethical values to protect the life and health of people, environment, animals, plants against harmful effects resulting from genetic manipulations; 2) to allow that products, in particular foodstuffs and feedstuffs, be produced and put on the market traditionally and ecologically, or, as the case may be, using genetically modified organisms; 3) to create the legal framework for the exploration, development, use and promotion of the scient
The present Act, in this version of 16 December 1993, is consolidated as of 27 September 2021.
Titre:
Genetic Technology Act.
Pays:
Allemagne
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Législation
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