Genetic Engineering Act and EC Genetic Engineering Implementation Act amended again

The Genetic Engineering Act was last amended on July 29, 2009. The Act Implementing the Regulation in the European Community in the Field of Genetic Engineering and on the Labeling of Foodstuffs Produced Without the Use of Genetic Engineering Techniques (EC Genetic Engineering Implementation Act) was amended on August 1, 2008. Both have now been amended by the Act Adapting Federal Law within the Responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection with Regard to the Treaty of Lisbon of December 9, 2010 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1934). They have been in effect since December 15, 2010.
The background to the amendments of December 2010 are changes within the European Union that arose as a result of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon and had to be implemented into national law. These largely involve terminological adjustments, for example the term "Commission of the European Communities" was changed to "European Commission". There were also adjustments to the decision-making forms of the European Union, so that in many cases the decision-making form of a resolution also had to be included in the law. The adjustments relate to the provisions of Sections 2, 16, 17b, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 42 of the GenTG. This did not involve any substantive requirements for the approval of work in laboratories and the corresponding facilities.
The amendments to the EC Genetic Engineering Implementation Act relate to Sections 1, 3a, 5, and 7 of the EC Genetic Engineering Implementation Act. Here, too, no changes to the requirements or procedures are recorded.

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