Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 2411 of 2004).

These amending Regulations for England: (a) update references to relevant EC legislation; (b) provide that, where products have been approved in accordance with legislative provisions other than those contained in the 2002 Regulations, those products are only exempt from the requirements of sections 108(1)(a) and 111(1)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 if they have been marketed in accordance with any conditions or limitations imposed upon the consent that has been issued in relation to that product; (c) provide for the marketing of genetically modified food and feed that has been authorised under the Food and Feed Regulation without the need for a marketing consent under section 111(1)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, or an additional risk assessment under section 108(1)(a) of the Act; and (d) provide that, until a specified date, the placing on the market of traces of a genetically modified organism or a combination of genetically modified organisms in products intended for direct use as food or feed or for processing is exempt from the requirements of section 111(1)(a) of the Act (to obtain a marketing consent) and of section 108(1)(a) of the Act (to carry out a risk assessment) provided the conditions specified in article 47 of the Food and Feed Regulation are met.