Legal regime of the application process for GMO products in Türkiye

Yıldız Ü., Temiz Ö., Haliloğlu K., Yıldız N.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, cilt.48, sa.4, ss.519-530, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 48 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.55730/1300-011x.3198
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Compendex, Environment Index, Geobase, INSPEC, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.519-530
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In Turkiye, in accordance with EU harmonization laws, Biosafety Act No. 5977 entered into force on 18.09.2010. The basic legislation regarding the application process is composed of the Biosafety Act, Regulations on Genetically Modified Organisms and Their Products, and Regulations on Working Procedures and Principles of Biosafety Board and Committees. Biosafety legislation foresees a special application procedure for GMO food, food products, feed, and other products. The application regulated in the Biosafety Law is a special administrative procedure in nature. The primary objective of this study is to explain the legal regime of this application procedure. While explaining this issue, relevant limitations will be discussed in detail, and solutions will be presented for such limitations. This study was divided into two parts. In the first part, basic concepts related to the application will be examined. This section includes the scope and nature of the application, the prohibitions, and exceptions related to the application, the applicant, and the relevant authorities. In the second part, the application process will be examined. Under this heading, there are notifications to the applicant and reasons for rejection of the application, evaluation of the application, final decision stage, and simplified procedure.