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Biosafety and biosecurity

Biosafety and Biosecurity facts

Biosafety covers all aspects related to bona fide uses but which inadvertently may cause adverse events.

Biosecurity concerns the prevention of male fide uses of biological material and related data with the purpose to harm humans, plants, animals or the environment.

 

Relevant laws

Biosafety

GMO and Environment

DIRECTIVE 2001/18/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 12 March 2001
on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC

 

Plant pathogens

REGULATION (EU) 2016/2031 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OF THE COUNCIL of 26 October 2016
on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC

 

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2019/829 of 14 March 2019
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants, authorising Member States to provide for temporary derogations in view of official testing, scientific or educational purposes, trials, varietal selections, or breeding

 

Protection of workers

DIRECTIVE 2000/54/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 18 September 2000
on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (seventh individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)

 

For more information visit the website of the Belgian Biosafety Server. It is the info hub for Belgian as well as international biosafety issues.

 

Biosecurity

Dual-use items

Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009
setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items

Remarks:

  • Regulation 428/2009 recasts COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1334/2000 of 22 June 2000 that has been amended by numerous EC Council Regulations: 2889/2000 of 22 December 2000, 458/2001 of 6 March 2001, 2432/2001 of 20 November 2001, 880/2002 of 27 May 2002, 149/2003 of 27 January 2003, 885/2004 of 26 April 2004, 1504/2004 of 19 July 2004, 394/2006 of 27 February 2006
  • Definition of microorganism is on page 24
  • Lists of microorganisms start at page 77 (C351)

 

REGULATION (EU) No 1232/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 November 2011
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items

 

REGULATION (EU) No 388/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 April 2012
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items