As per the Biosafety Law No. 5977 (“Law No. 5977”), applications regarding research, development, processing, placing, monitoring, use, import, export, transport, storage, packaging, labeling and similar activities in relation to genetically modified organisms developed with modern biotechnological methods and their products shall be evaluated by the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (“the Ministry”) based on a report prepared by Scientific Risk and Socioeconomic Evaluation Committees (“the Committees”).