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Chapter 3 Field Testing Management
Section 4 Implementation and Monitoring
Article 26
Field tests shall be implemented in accordance with the testing plan approved by the central competent authority. The organization shall request the central competent authority's approval of any changes in the content of the testing plan.
Article 27
Transgenic plant testing materials shall be transported alone in secure breakage-resistant devices that will prevent the dispersal of material; transgenic plant material may not be packed with other plant material, and must be clearly marked with characters depicting tansgenics.
Units and individuals engaged in the transport and storage of transgenic plant testing materials shall follow strict safety procedures during the transport and storage process in order to prevent the dispersal of material; specified personnel shall manage and record the transport and storage process.
If an accident or improper transport causes the escape of testing materials or contamination, the entrusting institution and the transport company shall immediately adopt emergency safety measures and clean up any contamination.
Article 28
The central competent authority shall make public the approved biosafety assessment plans; this information shall include the following items:
1. the title of the testing plan;
2. the applicant;
3. the institution implementing field testing;
4. the characteristics of the transgenic plant;
5. date of plan approval; and
6. the implementation deadline of the plan.
Article 29
The applicant shall submit an annual report within one month after the end of each year when the testing period exceeds one year.
The applicant shall submit a test report to the central competent authority within six months after the completion of the genetic characteristics testing or biosafety assessment field testing plan.
The central competent authority shall notify the applicant in writing and make public the results of review of the testing reports referred to in the preceding Paragraph.
Field tests with any of the following conditions are considered to have been disapproved through review, for which the central competent authority may close the case directly with written notice to the applicant and through announcement:
1.Failure to submit the annual report upon notice by the central competent authority on the submission deadline, which is in violation of the requirement in Paragraph 1.
2.Failure to submit the test report upon notice by the central competent authority on the submission deadline, which is in violation of the requirement in Paragraph 2.
3.Failure to supplement information for the annual report and test report submitted in accordance with Paragraphs 1 and 2 despite notice by the central competent authority on the deadline.
Article 30
The evaluation committee may make on-site visits at unfixed intervals to better understand the state of implementation during transgenic plant field testing period. When necessary, the evaluation committee may ask the applicant to revise the test content or extend the testing deadline.
When, in the preceding Paragraph, the evaluation committee resolves that the content of field testing must be changed, central competent authority shall notify the applicant in writing to revise the testing plan.
Article 31
If gene flow or some other major safety hazard has been detected during the field testing period, the field testing institution shall immediately suspend testing, the biosafety committee shall adopt emergency safety measures, and the institution shall immediately notify the central competent authority. The evaluation committee shall perform an assessment, and the central competent authority may when necessary rely on its authority to revoke the field testing permit.
Article 32
The release of a transgenic plant shall be handled in accordance with transgenic plant labeling and packaging regulations.
Article 33
In order to ensure safe management of transgenic plants and implement long-term observation of the released transgenic plants, the central competent authority may appoint or entrust an institution possessing testing qualifications and capabilities to perform transgenic plant testing.