Download or read book GMOREGEX User Guide written by A. Rana and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document contains the user manual for the GMOREGEX application. It describes in detail the user functionalities provided by the system to the four different types of users for which the system has been implemented, i.e. the generic (non authenticated) user, the Member States National Competent Authorities user, the Commission user and finally a special type of authenticated user that can add comments or observations to GMO notifications based on the authorisation granted by the Competent Authorities and the Commission users. The GMOREGEX system is a web-based application that enables the electronic support of the GMO notification and authorisation process as defined in Directive 2001/18/EC [DIR.2001/18].^As specified in the Preparatory Report [PR] and in the Global Implementation Plan [GIP], the system has been developed to support the management of document exchange, information dissemination and events tracking related to the authorisation process for the deliberate release of new GMOs for experimental purposes (Part B notifications and associated SNIFs - [SNIF.PARTB]) or for marketing purposes (Part C releases and associated SNIFs and reports - [SNIF.PARTC]). The processes followed in the system are in accordance to "DIRECTIVE 2001/18/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC" and follow the technical specifications and indications contained in the Preparatory Report [PR] and in the Global Implementation Plan [GIP].^This manual is designed to familiarize users with the GMOREGEX system and provide a reference of the system's functionalities and use. The GMOREGEX system includes also the implementation of the GMO Register which supports the storage of information and related documentation of authorised GMOs in the EU, as well as the dissemination of public information to the general public according to the provisions of Art. 31.2 of [DIR.2001/18]. The GMOREGEX system includes also a component that implements the information submission to the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) in support of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - Regulation (EC) No. 1946/2003 [REG.1946/2003].^The GMOREGEX system supports the following five roles: - Commission user (COM) - Competent Authority (CA) user (this role includes both "LEAD CA" and "Non LEAD CA", a CA is given the role of "LEAD CA" for all notifications that are created by users associated to it) - Authorised External Party (AEP) - Anonymous user (Guest) In addition, and administrator role is defined for administration and management of the system: - System administrator (Admin) From a functional viewpoint, the GMOREGEX system supports the following high-level functionalities: - Creation of a new notification (Part B and Part C) - Management of the lifecycle associated to a new GMO notification (i.e.^circulation and publication of information, gathering, sending, collecting and circulation of comments, etc.) - Dissemination/publication of public information associated to an authorised GMO - Submission of information to the BCH Central Portal and publication to a EU-based BCH interface - Reporting - Advanced search facilities The current document is partially based on the documentation generated within the project on the implementation of the system carried out with the collaboration of an external contractor.

Download or read book Experimentalist Governance in the European Union written by Charles F. Sabel and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book advances a novel interpretation of EU governance. Its central claim is that the EU's regulatory successes within-and increasingly beyond-its borders rest on the emergence of a recursive process of framework rule making and revision by European and national actors across a wide range of policy domains. In this architecture, framework goals and measures for gauging their achievement are established by joint action of the Member States and EU institutions. Lower-level units are given the freedom to advance these ends as they see fit. But in return for this autonomy, they must report regularly on their performance and participate in a peer review in which their results are compared with those of others pursuing different means to the same general ends. The framework goals, performance measures, and decision-making procedures are themselves periodically revised by the actors, including new participants whose views come to be seen as indispensable to full and fair deliberation. The editors' introduction sets out the core features of this experimentalist architecture and contrasts it to conventional interpretations of EU governance, especially the principal-agent conceptions underpinning many contemporary theories of democratic sovereignty and effective, legitimate law making. Subsequent chapters by an interdisciplinary group of European and North American scholars explore the architecture's applicability across a series of key policy domains, including data privacy, financial market regulation, energy, competition, food safety, GMOs, environmental protection, anti-discrimination, fundamental rights, justice and home affairs, and external relations. Their authoritative studies show both how recent developments often take an experimentalist turn but also admit of multiple, contrasting interpretations or leave open the possibility of reversion to more familiar types of governance. The results will be indispensable for all those concerned with the nature of the EU and its contribution to contemporary governance beyond the nation-state.