I(Acts whose publication is obligatory)REGULATION (EC) No 1946/2003 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 15 July 2003on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THEEUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic andSocial Committee (2),Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of theRegions (3),Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article251 of the Treaty (4),Whereas:(1) The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Conventionon Biological Diversity (hereinafter referred to as theProtocol), was signed by the Community and its MemberStates in 2000 and Council Decision 2002/628/EC (5) toconclude the Protocol, on behalf of the Community, wastaken on 25 June 2002.(2) Article 1 of the Protocol specifies ...