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.

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.
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 163Limited and controlled release of canola genetically modified for altered oil content and herbicide resistance19 Mar 2018Yes
DIR 162Limited and controlled release of bread wheat and durum wheat genetically modified for enhanced rust disease resistance15 Mar 2018Yes
DIR 161A genetically modified respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use in clinical trials19 Feb 201812 Apr 2018Yes
DIR 159Limited and controlled release of genetically modified insect-specific viruses as vaccines against Kunjin virus infection in farmed crocodiles30 Jan 201805 Mar 201810 Apr 2018Yes
DIR 158Commercial release of safflower genetically modified for high oleic acid composition17 Oct 201720 Mar 2018No

View the list of DIRs.

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