Regulation (EU) 2026/1388

means an NGT plant that:

means an NGT product where the NGT plant it contains, consists of or is produced from is a category 1 NGT plant;

means an NGT plant other than a category 1 NGT plant;

means an NGT product where the NGT plant it contains, consists of or is produced from is a category 2 NGT plant;

means a protein created through the joining of two or more genes or parts of genes that originally coded for separate proteins.

means techniques of genetic modification resulting in the insertion, into the genome of an organism, of genetic material already present in the gene pool for conventional breeding purposes;

means deliberate release as defined in Article 2, point (3), of Directive 2001/18/EC;

means feed as defined in Article 3, point (4), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;

means food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;

means the total genetic information available in one species and in other taxonomic species with which that species can be crossed, including by using advanced techniques such as embryo rescue, induced polyploidy and bridge crosses;

means a genetically modified organism as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Directive 2001/18/EC, excluding organisms obtained through the techniques of genetic modification listed in Annex I B to Directive 2001/18/EC;

means an organism as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 2001/18/EC;

means placing on the market as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Directive 2001/18/EC;

means a plant as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means plants capable of, and intended for, producing entire plants;

means derived, in whole or in part, from NGT plants, but not containing or consisting of NGT plants;

means an SME within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC;

means mutagenesis techniques resulting in one or more modifications of the DNA sequence at targeted locations in the genome of an organism;