Second, the Commission is establishing a national registry based 
upon a questionnaire that has been distributed. Both the pharmaceutical 
industry and the military have agreed to join the registry when recombi- 
nant DNA activities are planned. 
Finally, the Commission issued a draft document, French Guidelines 
on Recombinant DNA Exper iment s , dated June 1977 . After first using 
the Asilomar recommendations and then the U.S. Guidelines, the French 
have now adopted their own guidelines, which draw upon those of the 
United Kingdom and the United States. 
GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC 
Following the Asilomar Conference, the Deutsche For schungsgemein- 
schaft established a Senate Commission for Safety Questions Posed by New 
Gene Combinations for the purpose of establishing guidelines, advising on 
the construction of containment laboratories, and advising on possible 
legal actions and international cooperation. This Commission comprises 
biologists and representatives of several ministries, is chaired by Pro- 
fessor H. Brewer, and works in close cooperation with German industry 
and the government. 
The Ministry of Research and Technology has recently issued draft 
guidelines written with "due regard" to the U.S. and U.K. Guidelines. 
The draft is designed to serve as an initial discussion paper for the 
preparation of recombinant DNA guidelines. In the meantime, any institu- 
tion receiving funds for this research is required to adhere to the 
provisions of the U.S. Guidelines. 
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