WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2399/96 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. Decision 94/730/EC establishing simplified procedures concerning the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified plants - differences between sites of relevance to safety (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
Date: 1996-09-06
Institutions: BREYER, European Parliament
Subjects: administrative formalities, application of EU law, ecosystem, environmental protection, genetically modified organism, public awareness campaign

25. 2. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 60/3

(98/C 60/05)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2397/96

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(6 September 1996)

Subject: Decision  94/730/EC  establishing  simplified  procedures  concerning  the  deliberate  release  into  the

environment of genetically modified plants › Article 21 of Directive 90/220/EEC

How was the committee referred to in Article 21 of Directive 90/220/EEC (1) involved in laying down the

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criteria for simplified procedures pursuant to Decision 94/730/EC (2), and with what result?

Has the committee referred to in Directive 90/220/EEC delivered an opinion on the contents of the Annex to

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Decision 94/730/EC?

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If it has, by what majority did the committee adopt its opinion?

Does the committee(cid:146)s opinion agree with the contents of the Annex?

(1)  OJ L 117, 8.5.1990, p. 15.
(2)  OJ L 292, 12.11.1994, p. 31.

(98/C 60/06)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2398/96

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(6 September 1996)

Subject: Decision  94/730/EC  establishing  simplified  procedures  concerning  the  deliberate  release  into  the

environment of genetically modified plants › Annex

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Does the Annex to Decision 94/730/EC (1) apply to all genetically modified plants?

If not, to what genetically modified plants does it apply?

Does the Annex to Decision 94/730/EC apply to all genetic modifications carried out on plants?

If not, to which modifications does it apply?

(1)  OJ L 292, 12.11.1994, p. 31.

(98/C 60/07)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2399/96

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(6 September 1996)

Subject: Decision  94/730/EC  establishing  simplified  procedures  concerning  the  deliberate  release  into  the

environment of genetically modified plants › differences between sites of relevance to safety

In the seventh recital of the preamble to Decision 93/584/EEC (1) the Commission stressed that the safety of
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releases depends on the characteristics of the recipient plant species, the characteristics of inserted sequences and
the characteristics of the receiving ecosystems.

What criteria has the Commission established to ascertain for which receiving ecosystems simplified procedures
are to be allowed and for which they are not to be allowed?

In the procedure referred to in point 6.1. of the Annex to Decision 94/730/EC (2) how is it to be ascertained

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whether the indication and description of the notified site of release are true or not?

How are the individual characteristics of the receiving ecosystems on the notified sites taken into account in

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the evaluation of risk?

4. Who carries out the evaluation of risk for the notified sites?