Activities in which organisms are genetically modified or in which such GMOs are cultured, stored, transported, destroyed, disposed of or used in any other way, and for which specific containment measures are used appropriately to limit their contact with the general population and the environment. (source: Art. 3 Regulation (EC) No 1946/2003)

Means an organism, with the exception of human beings, in which the genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination (source: Art. 2 Directive 2001/18/EC)