The main legal texts in the field of biodiversity are the UN Convention on Biodiversity, which became part of the Greek legislation in 1994 (law 2204) and its Protocol on Biosafety, dealing with the transboundary movement of GMOs, which has been incorporated to EU and Member States legislation by Regulation 1946/2003.

At an EU level, legal texts of GMO interest are the Directive 2001/18 and its amending Regulation 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed and Regulation 1830/2003 on traceability and labeling.

Finally of interest is the EU Directive 2004/35 regulating environmental liability which must be incorporated to Member States' legislation by April 30, 2007.