Decree No. 91 of 2003 to amend the Decree Genetically Modified Organisms Based on the Act Concerning Environmentally Harmful Substances (change of location and shortening permit procedures introduction into the environment).

This Decree amends article 24 by shortening the time in which the Minister shall take a decision on the granting of a permit to 17 weeks. Article 24a concerns a permit for the change of location in the sense of comma (a) of Part 2 of Schedule 3. The permit shall be the one mentioned in article 3 if conditions set out in article 24a are fulfilled. Article 24b concerns procedures for the publication of the Minister of a decision that change of a location that does not require a change of permit under article 4. A change of location must, in principal, not bring about increased risk for public health or the environment.