Traduction de «Identification du risque génétique » (Français → Anglais) :

Methods of detection and identification which have to be tested and validated by the CRL and samples and control samples have to meet the requirements laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2004 of 6 April 2004 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application for the authorisation of new genetically modified food and feed, the notification of existing products and adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk ...[+++] evaluation

The labelling of genetically-modified additives is particularly important in this respect.

The presence in food of material which contains, consists of or is produced from genetically modified organisms in a proportion no higher than 1 % or lower thresholds established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36 (2), shall not be considered to be in breach of Article 4 (2), provided that this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable and that the genetically modified material has been subject to a scientific risk assessment made by the relevant Scientific Committee(s) or the European Food Authority, which concludes that this material does not present a risk for human health or the environment.

The presence in feed of material which contains, consists of or is produced from genetically modified organisms in a proportion no higher than 1 % or lower thresholds established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36 (2), shall not be considered to be in breach of Article 17 (2), provided that this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable and that the genetically modified material has been subject to a scientific risk assessment made by the relevant Scientific Committee(s) or the European Food Authority, which concludes that this material does not present a risk for human health, animal health or the environ ...[+++]ment.

40. Points out that the implications of genetic tests for fundamental rights, respect for ethical principles, and the organisation of relations within society are equally significant where work is concerned; unlike the case of insurance, in which the grounds for using genetic data are of a purely economic nature, the key consideration in this instance is the interest of workers themselves, who should not be employed in harmful activities; however, the indications deducible from genetic data cannot replace policies on the working environment or the more general safety requirements to be met when hazardous activities are performed;

AO. whereas the possibility of third parties obtaining personal genetic information entails the risk of new forms of discrimination, raising problems related to privacy, the confidentiality of data, and informed consent; whereas, notably, this risk must be dealt with on the basis of the existing personal data protection legislation, in relation to such aspects as the justification for treatment, the limitation of ends, security measures and the individual rights affirmed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Art ...[+++]icle 8),