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Part 2 - Risk-Proportionate Regulation Through Risk Tiering and Appropriate Regulatory Approaches

Q5: Are there any other key objectives/considerations that should be taken into account in designing a risk-proportionate approach to regulation?

Response
Have the same level of regulatory oversight for products that have the same level of risk irrespective of the method used to produce those products

Q8: What principles or criteria should be applied in moving an organism/technique across risk-tiers?

Response
Could the product have been achieved using conventional breeding techniques? and if so then it should have the same level of regulatory oversight

Part 3 - Streamlining Regulatory Requirements and Processes to Reduce Regulatory Burden

Q10: What other objectives might guide streamlining of regulatory requirements?

Response
Ensure equivalent levels of regulatory requirements for products with equivalent levels of risk irrespective of the process used to produce those products