Amendment to the Genetic Engineering Act and the Federal Cost Ordinance on the Genetic Engineering Act

Changes have been made to the central provisions of genetic engineering law – the Genetic Engineering Act and the Federal Cost Ordinance under the Genetic Engineering Act. The so-called Act on the Structural Reform of Federal Fee Law was published on August 7, 2013. Article 2 of this Act amends numerous other laws as follow-up provisions, which also contain fee regulations. These laws include the Genetic Engineering Act and the Federal Cost Ordinance under the Genetic Engineering Act.
In addition to the table of contents, the provision of Section 24 of the Genetic Engineering Act has been amended. It now contains the heading "Fees, Expenses, and Expenses." Like the entire law on the structural reform of federal fee law, the obligation to pay is no longer linked to the terms "costs" and "official acts." Instead, the terms "fees, expenses, and expenditures" and "individually attributable public services" are used, without actually resulting in any change.
In the Federal Cost Ordinance under the Genetic Engineering Act, several terms have also been changed without any significant change in content. For example, the "cost debtor" is now called the "fee debtor."
What both legal regulations have in common is that non-profit research institutions remain exempt from fees.

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