Commission Working Document. 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 2009-2014

Directive 2009/41/EC on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (GMMs) requires the Commission to publish every three year a summary report on Member States experience with that Directive, based on individual reports to be sent by the Member States to the Commission. The present report covers the period from June 2009 to June 2014 following the previous report for the period 2006-2009.

This report is based on 26 Member States' reports, given that two Member States did not submit individual reports. Croatia, which became a Member State of the Union in July 2013, was requested to submit the report on its experience with the Directive for the first time as of 2013.

Member States were requested to provide information on:
- Activities and installations
- Notification and approval systems
- Accidents
- Inspection and enforcement issues
- Problems with interpretation of provisions
- Clinical trials using the provisions of the Directive
- Public consultation and information
- Waste disposal.

The information contained in this report is based on Member States individual reports and, therefore, does not represent the position of the European Commission.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: SWD(2016)445: Details from individual Member States on their experience with Directive 2009/41 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (recast) for the period 2009-2014 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2016:445:FIN

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