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Role and interventions of the Council in the regulatory procedures for dossiers (EC) 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed (last update: 27/07/2007)   The authorisation procedure for placing on the market of genetically modified food is summarized in the diagram below. For the scientific evaluation of those dossiers the experts can refer to several available guidelines applicable to higher plants or micro-organisms.   European documents Guidance document of the GMO Panel for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants and derived food and feed (28 April 2006) (link on the Web site of EFSA) Guidance document of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms for the risk assessment of genetically modified microorganisms and their derived products intended for food and feed use (17 May 2006) (link on the Web site of EFSA) Guidance Document of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants containing stacked transformation events (16 May 2007) (link on the Web site of EFSA) EFSA report on animal feeding trials - adopted 12/09/07: Van Haver E. (2008) Safety and nutritional assessment of GM plants and derived food and feed - The role of animal feeding trials. In Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2008. (link on Science Direct) Guidance for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants used for non-food or non-feed purposes (22 April 2009) (link on the Web site of EFSA) Scientific Opinion of the EFSA GMO panel on the assessment of allergenicity of GM plants and microorganisms and derived food and feed (30 June 2010) (link on the Web site of EFSA) Guidance document on the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants (21 October 2010) (link on the Web site of EFSA) Scientific Opinion on the assessment of potential impacts of genetically modified plants on non-target organisms (21 October 2010) (link on the Web site of EFSA) OECD Documents Consensus Documents for the work on the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds (link on the Web site of OECD) Belgian documents Guidance notes for the safety assessment of genetically modified crops for food and feed use (8 april 2003) (link on the Belgian Biosafety server) Guidelines for Molecular characterisation of genetically modified higher plants (2003) (link on the Belgian Biosafety server) Guidelines for Genetically Modified Stacked Events to be Placed on the Market (date of document: 11/06/2007)