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List of Intentional Release Licence Applications under Evaluation
Steps in the evaluation process
Notification of receipt of application - These notices provide advice that a DIR licence application has been received by the OGTR and that a RARMP is in preparation.
Public calls for comment - The Regulator has invited the public to provide comment on a RARMP regarding the identified risk(s) to human health and the environment and the proposed management measures.
Call for comment closed - Comments on these RARMPs have closed, the Regulator is considering submissions and a decision on the licence is imminent.
Summary of the evaluation process for DIR licence applications flow chart (PDF 32 KB)
For more information about DIR applications, please
contact the OGTR. DIR applications are available on request (excluding any information that the Regulator has declared to be, or is under consideration as,
Confidential Commercial Information) to anyone that requests a copy (section 54 of the Act). A summary of application and, once prepared, the RARMP for each application is available on this website.
The following table provides information about the progress of DIR licence applications under evaluation by the Gene Technology Regulator with links to detailed information about each application and assessment.
Represents the status of licence applications and includes links to the relevant documents
| DIR Licence Application Number |
Title of Project |
Notification of receipt of application |
Public calls for comment on RARMP open |
Call for comment closed (under consideration by the Regulator) |
Is application being assessed as ‘limited and controlled’? |
| DIR 128 | Limited and controlled release of wheat and barley genetically modified for abiotic stress tolerance or micronutrient uptake - The University of Adelaide | 2014013030 Jan 2014 | 2014041616 Apr 2014 | | Yes |
| DIR 127 | Commercial release of canola genetically modified for herbicide tolerance | 2014022727 Feb 2014 | | | No |
| DIR 125 | Commercial release of genetically modified vaccine to protect chickens against pathogenic Escherichia coli | 2013121313 Dec 2013 | | | No |
| DIR 124 | Commercial release of cotton genetically modified for insect resistance and herbicide tolerance (Bollgard®III and Bollgard®III x Roundup Ready Flex®) | 2013101818 Oct 2013 | 2014031919 Mar 2014 | | No |
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