Drawing up an application for a field trial

The content of the application for a field trial is laid down in the Decree 1105/2019 of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The application must be submitted to the Board for Gene Technology in Finnish or Swedish well before the planned starting date of the trial because the trial cannot be carried out without a consent. The Board has 120 days to process the application, and the time is prolonged if it is necessary to request further information from the operator. The time of processing includes a 30-day-long consultation of the public.

At the moment there is a ready-made form for applications involving genetically modified micro-organisms.

• Production and research use of medicinal products containing GMOs from the perspective of the Gene Technology Act (Word file)
• Summary Notification Information Format for notifications concerning the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms for purposes other than for placing on the market  (B-SNIF) (rtf-file)