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In accordance with the horizontal Management of Genetically Modified Organisms Act (Official Gazette of the RS 23/2005 and 21/10), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food is competent for decisions regarding deliberate release of GMOs into the environment and regarding the placement of GMOs as products or in products on the market.

The issuing of permit for deliberate release of GMOs into the environment or for placing GMOs as products or in products on the market is within the competency of the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, but it issues decisions regarding the placement of GMOs as products or in products with the agreement of the Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Food and the Ministry of Health.

 

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food is also competent for decisions on some areas of GMO use, which are excluded by the provisions of the Management of Genetically Modified Organisms Act (feed). In accordance with the Decree implementing Regulation (EC) on genetically modified food and feed and Regulation (EC) concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms (Official Gazette of the RS, No. 84/2005), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food is the competent authority for the implementation of the Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed and Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC in the part dealing with fodder. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food accepts applications for the issuing of an authorisation, with which putting fodder into circulation is approved. It must send the applications to the European Food Safety Authority.   

 

In accordance with the Decree implementing Regulation (EC) on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms (Official Gazette of the RS 72/2005), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food is also competent for the implementation of theRegulation (EC) No 1946/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms, as it must send suitable information to the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning. 

 

At the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food the area of GMOs is dealt with by the Food and Feed Safety and Quality Sector.