- type of decision: field trial
- LMO: Ka1 to Ka4 and DHL 59/1 to DHL 59/20
- legal basis: Directive 90/220/EEC, Gentechnikgesetz (German
Gene Technology Act)
- scope: test of field performance of LMO
- authorization valid from 29 April 1997 to 31 December
2005
- locations: 2 experimental field sites located in 2 villages
in Germany, for details refer to the German LMO/GMO location
register (
https://apps2.bvl.bund.de/stareg_web/localeSwitch.do?language=en&page=/showflaechen.do?)
- size: 2.2 ha/site/year; 2.6 ha/site/year
- max. 10000 LMO/site
- There is no Summary Notification Information Format
available on the Internet (WebSNIF) for B/DE/97/59
The decision on this deliberate release was made by the Robert Koch
Institute (RKI).
The RKI was the competent national authority for the German Gene
Technology Act before the competences were transferred to the
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Bundesamt
für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, BVL) on April 1st
2004. Deliberate releases that were authorized by the RKI prior to
this date are now handled by the BVL.