purpose of surveying all recombinant DNA research being conducted in 
Holland, advising laboratories on safety procedures, and advising the 
government on appropriate control measures to be implemented. The Report 
of the Committee in Charge of the Control on Genet ics , dated March 1977, 
recommends that: 
• the ESF recommendation for the use of the U.K. Guidelines be 
adopted, but that certain elements of the U.S. Guidelines be 
included as well; 
• another committee be appointed to consider the ethical and social 
issues involved and to determine the necessity for developing 
legislation to control other forms of biological research; 
• at least one laboratory be constructed that meets the specifica- 
tions for moderate containment (level III) of the U.K. Guidelines; 
• any experiments requiring maximum-level containment be conducted 
outside the country in an intra-European laboratory; and 
• a Supervisory Commission composed of scientists, government 
officials, and representatives of society be created for the 
purpose of registering all recombinant DNA experiments, issuing 
certificates stating the conditions under which the activity may 
proceed, monitoring compliance with these conditions, and imposing 
sanctions against violators. 
The survey indicated that, in the universities, one recombinant DNA 
project was in progress and eight others were in the planning stages as 
of December 31, 1976. In industry, one project was expected to begin in 
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