Applicants and authorisation holders:

Name: KWS SAAT SE

Address: Grimsehlstrasse 31, 37574 Einbeck, Germany;

and

Name: Bayer CropScience LLC

Address: 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri 63167, United States,

represented in the Union by: Bayer Agriculture B.V., Scheldelaan 460, 2040 Antwerp, Belgium.

Designation and specification of the products:

The genetically modified KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet, as described in the application, expresses the CP4 EPSPS protein after insertion of the cp4 epsps gene from Agrobacterium sp. strain CP4 into sugar beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris).

The CP4 EPSPS protein confers tolerance to glyphosate containing herbicides.

Labelling:

For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘sugar beet’.

Method for detection:

Unique identifier:

KM-ØØØH71-4

Information required under Annex II to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity:

Not applicable.

Conditions or restrictions on the placing on the market, use or handling of the products:

Not required.

Monitoring plan for environmental effects:

Not applicable.

Post-market monitoring requirements for the use of the food for human consumption:

Not required.