DIR 059/2005 - Commercial release of herbicide tolerant (Roundup Ready Flex® MON 88913) and herbicide tolerant/insect resistant (Roundup Ready Flex® MON 88913/Bollgard II®) cotton south of latitude 22° South in Australia
Please note: This licence was surrendered in December 2007 as the GMOs are now authorised under the DIR 066/2006 licence.
DIR 059/2005 Notification of decision to issue a licence - posted 17 February 2006 (RTF 304 KB)
DIR 059/2005 Notification of decision to issue a licence - posted 17 February 2006 (RTF 35 KB)
DIR 059/2005 Questions & Answers (RTF 331 KB)
DIR 059/2005 Questions & Answers (PDF 50 KB)
DIR 059/2005 Media Release - Coordinated risk assessment for new commercial GM cotton (RTF 158 KB)
DIR 059/2005 Media Release - Coordinated risk assessment for new commercial GM cotton (PDF 30 KB)
DIR 059/2005 - Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) Executive Summary (RTF 280 KB)
DIR 059/2005 - Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) Executive Summary (PDF 60 KB)
DIR 059/2005 - Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) Technical Summary (RTF 384 KB)
DIR 059/2005 - Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) Technical Summary (PDF 137 KB)
DIR 059/2005 - Full Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan for Commercial Release of Genetically Modified Cotton Lines (RTF 2.65 MB)
DIR 059/2005 - Full Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan for Commercial Release of Genetically Modified Cotton Lines (PDF 1.49 MB)
DIR 059/2005 - GM Cotton Licence conditions (RTF 196 KB)
DIR 059/2005 - GM Cotton Licence conditions (PDF 83 KB)
DIR 059/2005 - Cotton licence application summary (RTF 380 KB)
DIR 059/2005 - Cotton licence application summary (PDF 89 KB)
Reference material
Risk Analysis Framework for Licence Applications to the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (2nd Edition) 2005 (PDF 1.92 MB)The biology and ecology of cotton (RTF 1.31 MB)
The biology and ecology of cotton (PDF 275 KB)
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