Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 2466 of 2005).

These amendments implement the provisions of Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public access to environmental information. The existing provisions in the 2000 Regulations implemented the provisions of Article 19 of Council Directive 90/219/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms and Council Directive 98/81/EC of 26 October 1998. These provisions have been superseded by Directive 2003/4/EC which is implemented by the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3391) and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/520). Paragraph 11 of regulation 2 requires additional information for notifications. This is necessary in order to fully comply with the requirements of Regulation 1946/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms. Paragraphs 12 to 16 of regulation 2 amend the containment levels for specified containment measures.