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    Consolidated text: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1212 of 4 July 2017 authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize DAS-40278-9, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed (notified under document C(2017) 4503) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance

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    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/1212

    of 4 July 2017

    authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize DAS-40278-9, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed

    (notified under document C(2017) 4503)

    (Only the English text is authentic)

    (Text with EEA relevance)

    (OJ L 173 6.7.2017, p. 43)

    Amended by:

     

     

    Official Journal

      No

    page

    date

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    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/239 of 6 February 2019

      L 39

    7

    11.2.2019

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    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2021/1161 of 13 July 2021

      L 252

    1

    15.7.2021




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    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/1212

    of 4 July 2017

    authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize DAS-40278-9, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed

    (notified under document C(2017) 4503)

    (Only the English text is authentic)

    (Text with EEA relevance)



    Article 1

    Genetically modified organism and unique identifier

    Genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) DAS-40278-9, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier DAS-4Ø278-9, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.

    Article 2

    Authorisation

    The following products are authorised for the purposes of Article 4(2) and Article 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 the GMO referred to in Article 1;

    (b) 

    feed containing, consisting of, or produced from GMO referred to in Article 1;

    (c) 

    The GMO referred to in Article 1 in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than those provided in points (a) and (b), with the exception of cultivation.

    Article 3

    Labelling

    1.  
    For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 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 ‘maize’.
    2.  
    The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the documents accompanying products containing or consisting of the GMO referred to in Article 1, with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.

    Article 4

    Monitoring for environmental effects

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

    Article 5

    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 provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

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    Article 6

    Authorisation holder

    The authorisation holder shall be Corteva Agriscience LLC, United States, represented in the Union by Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV.

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    Article 7

    Validity

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

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    Article 8

    Addressee

    This Decision is addressed to Corteva Agriscience LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1054, United States, represented in the Union by Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV, Bedrijvenlaan 9, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium.

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    ANNEX

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    (a)    Authorisation holder:



    Name:

    Corteva Agriscience LLC

    Address:

    9330 Zionsville Road Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1054, United States,

    represented in the Union by Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV, Bedrijvenlaan 9, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium.

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    (b)    Designation and specification of the products:

    (1) 

    foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from maize DAS-40278-9;

    (2) 

    feed containing, consisting of, or produced from maize DAS-40278-9;

    (3) 

    Maize DAS-40278-9 in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than those provided in points (1) and (2), with the exception of cultivation.

    DAS4Ø278-9 maize expresses the AAD-1 protein which confers tolerance to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and aryloxyphenoxypropionate (AOPP) herbicides.

    (c)    Labelling:

    (1) 

    For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 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 ‘maize’;

    (2) 

    The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the accompanying documents of the products containing or consisting of maize DAS-40278-9 with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.

    (d)    Method for detection:

    (1) 

    Event specific real-time quantitative PCR based method for DAS-4Ø278-9 maize; the detection method is validated on the single-trait event using genomic DNA extracted from seeds of DAS-4Ø278-9 maize;

    (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: ERM®-BF433 accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission at https://crm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

    (e)    Unique identifier:

    DAS-4Ø278-9;

    (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)    Monitoring plan for environmental effects:

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

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

    (h)    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 the 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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