Judge John Bates scrapped the "substantial support" concept altogether, which he said comes from the world of criminal law.
Based on the substantial equivalence concept and when no statistically relevant compositional changes are detected, the crop plant as such is declared as safe and, consequently, only the added transgene product is subject to testing in the ERA.
AS developed the main concept and hypothesis, had substantial contributions to concept and design, drafting the manuscript, revising it critically for important intellectual content and writing and final approval of the manuscript.
We argue that the concept of substantial equivalence or the concept of familiarity, originally developed in the context of the US regulatory system for GM organisms and based on opposite assumptions as the EU regulatory system [60], is not per se applicable in the EU context.
Despite the considerable research interest in algal biomass production and exploring various concepts, substantial limitations in algal culturing exist related to exploiting the use of various waste sources for algal biomass production (Passero et al. 2015; Gentili 2014; Vardon et al. 2011).
Since Nunn's [10] analysis of the number of males in primate groups, substantial changes in concepts and methodology have occurred and new data have become available, particularly for previously under-studied primates such as lemurs.
SC made substantial contributions to concepts, design, and acquisition of data.
DL made substantial contributions to concepts and design, analysis, and interpretation of data.
CER made substantial contributions to concepts and the design of the study, and participated in the analyses and interpretation of data.
PT made substantial contributions to concepts and design, performed the screening examination with indirect ophthalmoscopy, and did the digital retinal imaging.
JDC made substantial contributions to concepts and design, analysis, interpretation of data, drafting the manuscript, revising it critically for important intellectual content, and gave final approval of the published version.
