2007/692/EC: Commission Decision of 24 October 2007 authorising the placing on the market of food and feed produced from genetically modified sugar beet H7-1 (KM-ØØØH71-4) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2007) 5125) (Text with EEA relevance )

Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 · Decision · 8 articles

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Genetically modified organism and unique identifier

Article 1

Genetically modified sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris ) H7-1, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier KM-ØØØH71-4, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.

Authorisation

Article 2

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 produced from KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet; (b) feed produced from KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet.

Labelling

Article 3

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

Community register

Article 4

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.

Authorisation holders

Article 5

1. The authorisation holders shall be: (a) KWS SAAT AG, Germany; and (b) Monsanto Europe S.A., Belgium, representing Monsanto Company, United States of America. 2. Both authorisation holders shall be responsible for fulfilling the duties imposed on authorisation holders by this Decision and Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

Validity

Article 6

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

Addressees

Article 7

This Decision is addressed to: (a) KWS SAAT AG, Grimsehlstrasse 31, D-37574 Einbeck, Germany; and (b) Monsanto Europe S.A., Scheldelaan 460, Haven 627, B-2040 Antwerp, Belgium.

Supplementary provisions

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX (a) Applicants and Authorisation holders: Name : KWS SAAT AG Address : Grimsehlstrasse 31, D-37574 Einbeck, Germany and Name : Monsanto Europe S.A. Address : Scheldelaan 460, Haven 627, B-2040 Antwerp, Belgium On behalf of Monsanto Company — 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard — St. Louis, Missouri 63167 — United States of America. (b) Designation and specification of the products: (1) Foods and food ingredients produced from KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet; (2) Feed produced from KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet. 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. (c) Labelling: For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements laid down in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘sugar beet’. (d) Method for detection: — Event specific realtime PCR-based method for the quantification of KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet. — Validated on seeds by the Community reference laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.it/statusofdoss.htm — Reference Material: ERM®-BF419 accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, the Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) at http://www.irmm.jrc.be/html/reference_materials_catalogue/index.htm (e) Unique identifier: KM-ØØØH71-4 (f) Information required under Annex II to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Not applicable. (g) Conditions or restrictions on the placing on the market, use or handling of the products: Not required. (h) Monitoring plan Not applicable. (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 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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