
Article 1 
For the purposes of drawing up the summary of the dossier for submission to the competent national authority pursuant to Article 13(2)(h) of Directive 2001/18/EC, the notifier shall use the Summary Information Format set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 3 October 2002.
For the Council
The President
F. Hansen

ANNEX
The following format must be used for the summary of the dossier to accompany a notification, for submission to the competent national authority, concerning the placing on the market of a GMO or a combination of GMOs as or in products.

This document, when completed, will present a summary of the information entered under the corresponding points of the full dossier. It is recognised, therefore, that the risk assessment required under Directive 2001/18/EC cannot be carried out solely on the basis of this document.

The space provided after each question is not indicative of the depth of the information required for the purposes of the Summary Information Format.

The Summary Information Format is divided into Parts 1 and 2.

Part 1 applies to products consisting of or containing genetically modified organisms other than higher plants and contains the following sections:
A General Information
B Nature of the GMOs contained in the product
C Predicted behaviour of the product
D Information relating to previous releases
E Information relating to the monitoring plan

Part 2 applies to products consisting of or containing genetically modified higher plants. The term "higher plants" means plants which belong to the taxonomic group Gymnospermae and Angiospermae. Part 2 contains the following sections:
A General Information
B Nature of the GMHP contained in the product
C Information relating to previous releases
D Information relating to the monitoring plan

PART 1
PART 2