S.L. 549.60 Art. 1Citation. Objectives.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Deliberate Release into the Environment of Genetically Modified Organisms Regulations.

(2) In accordance with the precautionary principle, the objective of these regulations is to provide for the protection of human health and the environment when:

(a) carrying out the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms for any other purposes than placing on the market within Malta,

(b) placing on the market genetically modified organisms as or in products within Malta.

(3) These regulations provide the provisions required for the implementation in Malta of the European Council Directive 2001/ 18/EC of the 12th of March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC and shall be read and construed as one with such legal instrument.