The purpose of this Law is to establish the spheres of activities
involving genetically modified organisms and genetically modified
products, their state management and regulation, also the rights,
duties and responsibility of the users of the said organisms and
products.
The Law aplies to all natural and legal persons who are connected
with deliberate release into the environment, use, placing on the
market, carrying out of tests and research, and other activities
involving genetically modified organisms and geneticaly modified
products, provided for by this Law, in the territory of the
Republic of Lithuania.
The Law does not establish compulsory safety requirements for the
carriage of genetically modified organisms and genetically modified
products across the territory of the Republic of Lithuania in
transit, also by rail, road, inland waterway, sea or air. The above
requirements is established by other legal acts of the Republic of
Lithuania.
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