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Consolidated text: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1360 of 28 September 2020 authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87708 × MON 89788 × A5547-127, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2020) 6435) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance

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02020D1360 — EN — 16.02.2021 — 001.001


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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/1360

of 28 September 2020

authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87708 × MON 89788 × A5547-127, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document C(2020) 6435)

(Only the Dutch text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(OJ L 316 30.9.2020, p. 1)

Amended by:

 

 

Official Journal

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page

date

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2021/184 of 12 February 2021

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16.2.2021




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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/1360

of 28 September 2020

authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87708 × MON 89788 × A5547-127, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document C(2020) 6435)

(Only the Dutch text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)



Article 1

Genetically modified organism and unique identifier

Genetically modified soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) MON 87708 × MON 89788 × A5547-127, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.

Article 2

Authorisation

The following products are authorised for the purposes of Articles 4(2) and 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision:

(a) 

foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4;

(b) 

feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4;

(c) 

products containing or consisting of genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4 for uses other than those provided for in points (a) and (b), with the exception of cultivation.

Article 3

Labelling

1.  
For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘soybean’.
2.  
The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the documents accompanying products containing or consisting of genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4, with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.

Article 4

Method for detection

The method set out in point (d) of the Annex shall apply for the detection of genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4.

Article 5

Monitoring for environmental effects

1.  
The authorisation holder shall ensure that the monitoring plan for environmental effects, as set out in point (h) of the Annex, is put in place and implemented.
2.  
The authorisation holder shall submit to the Commission annual reports on the implementation and the results of the activities set out in the monitoring plan in accordance with the format set out in Decision 2009/770/EC.

Article 6

Community register

The information set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be entered in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed, as referred to in Article 28(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

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Article 7

Authorisation holder

The authorisation holder shall be Bayer CropScience LP, United States of America, represented by Bayer Agriculture BV, Belgium.

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Article 8

Validity

This Decision shall apply for a period of 10 years from the date of its notification.

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Article 9

Addressee

This Decision is addressed to Bayer Agriculture BV, Scheldelaan 460, 2040 Antwerp, Belgium.

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ANNEX

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(a)   Applicant and authorisation holder:

Name: Bayer CropScience LP

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

Represented by Bayer Agriculture BV, Scheldelaan 460, 2040 Antwerp, Belgium.

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(b)    Designation and specification of the products:

(1) 

foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4;

(2) 

feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4;

(3) 

products containing or consisting of genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4 for uses other than those provided for in points (1) and (2), with the exception of cultivation.

The genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4 expresses the dmo gene, which confers tolerance to dicamba based herbicides, the CP4 epsps gene which confers tolerance to glyphosate based herbicides and the pat gene, which confers tolerance to glufosinate-ammonium based herbicides

(c)    Labelling:

(1) 

For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, and in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘soybean’.

(2) 

The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in documents accompanying the products containing or consisting of genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4, with the exception of products referred to in point (b)(1).

(d)    Method for detection:

(1) 

The quantitative event-specific PCR detection methods are those individually validated for genetically modified soybean events MON-877Ø8-9, MON-89788-1 and ACS-GMØØ6-4 and further verified on soybean stack MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4.

(2) 

Validated by the EU reference laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/StatusOfDossiers.aspx

(3) 

Reference Material: AOCS 0311 (for MON-877Ø8-9), AOCS 0906 (for MON-89788-1) and AOCS 0707 (for ACS-GMØØ6-4) are accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) at https://www.aocs.org/crm

(e)    Unique identifier:

MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 × ACS-GMØØ6-4

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

[Biosafety Clearing-House, Record ID number: published in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed when notified].

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

Not required.

(h)    Monitoring plan for environmental effects:

Monitoring plan for environmental effects in accordance with Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC.

[Link: plan published in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed]

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

Not required.

Note: links to relevant documents may need to be modified over time. Those modifications will be made available to the public via the updating of the Community register of genetically modified food and feed.

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