Commission Working Document – Report on the experience of Member States with Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (recast) for the period 2006–2009

Article 17(2) of Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (recast) requires Member States to send a summary report on their experience with the Directive to the Commission every three years. According to Article 17(3), the Commission shall publish a summary report based on the aforementioned reports.

This report is based on a sixth series of Member States' reports. The deadline for submission of the Member States' reports was 30 May 2010. Few Member States submitted their reports before the deadline, while a great number was delayed. The latest report was received on 6 March 2012. At the time of drafting this report, national reports had been received from all Member States with the exception of two Member States. On the whole, Member States provided relevant information.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2012)398: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:398:FIN

European Commission: SWD(2012)216: Details from individual Member States on their experience with Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 2009 on the contained use of genetical modified micro-organisms (recast) for the period 2006-2009 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2012:0216:FIN:EN:PDF

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