
Article 1 
For the purposes of presenting to the competent authority the results of the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified higher plants (GMHP) pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 2001/18/EC, the notifier shall use the format set out in the Annex to this Decision, hereinafter "the report format".
Article 2 
A report format shall relate to no more than one consent issued by the competent authority and shall be identified by a single notification number.
Article 3 

(1. For each notification number, a final report shall be delivered by the notifier, and final as well as intermediary post-release monitoring report(s) shall be delivered where appropriate. Both types of report shall be drawn up in accordance with the report format.
(2. The final report shall be delivered after the last harvest of the GMHPs. Where no post-release monitoring is required for a notification, no further reports shall be necessary.
(3. The final post-release monitoring report shall be delivered after completion of the post-release monitoring.The competent authority shall, where appropriate, specify in the consent the duration of the post-release monitoring as well as the timetable for submission of the intermediary post-release monitoring reports.
(4. The competent authority shall encourage notifiers to provide the report in an electronic form.
Article 4 
The competent authority may require from the notifier additional information, in particular in the form of a logbook or interim reports, to be delivered in the course of the research programme, before the completion of a release.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 September 2003.For the Commission
Margot Wallström
Member of the Commission

ANNEX
