Commentaries: Art. 39

In addition to the requirements specified in Article 38, biocidal products consisting of or containing genetically modified microorganisms must be appropriately labelled.
One of the following descriptions must be used for the labelling:
1. «aus gentechnisch verändertem X/produit à partir de X modifié par génie génétique/da X modificato/a con tecnologia genetica»; or
2. «aus genetisch verändertem X/produit à partir de X génétiquement modifié/da X geneticamente modificato/a».
The information specified in Article 38 paragraph 4 letter b shall be indicated on the label. The other information shall be indicated in accordance with Article 38 paragraph 5 letter a or b, depending on the conditions met.
No labelling is required for biocidal products containing unintentional traces of approved genetically modified microorganisms accounting for less than 0.1 per cent by mass.