Regulation on risk assessment for placing on the market of product containing genetically modified organisms.

This Regulation of the Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning, which is composed of 13 articles, sets out the elements and scope of risk assessment for placing a product containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on the market. The subject of this risk assessment is to specify the findings, analysis and evaluation of all potential impacts of the product intended for the market, and its use on the environment or human health, and to determine the level of risk and necessary control and risk management, in accordance with prescribed criteria. The assessment should be made on scientific foundation and basis of all available scientific and technical information.