2013/649/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 6 November 2013 authorising the placing on the market of pollen produced from maize MON 810 (MON-ØØ81Ø-6) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2013) 4743) Text with EEA relevance
2013/649/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 6 November 2013 authorising the placing on the market of pollen produced from maize MON 810 (MON-ØØ81Ø-6) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2013) 4743) Text with EEA relevance
Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 · Decision · 8 articles
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Genetically modified organism and unique identifier
Genetically modified maize ( Zea mays L.) MON 810, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier MON-ØØ81Ø-6, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.
Pollen produced from maize MON 810, as or in foods and food ingredients, is authorised for the purposes of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision.
For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘maize’.
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.
ANNEX
(a) Applicant and Authorisation holder
Name
:
Monsanto Europe S.A.
Address
:
Avenue de Tervuren 270-272, 1150 Brussels, Belgium
On behalf of Monsanto Company, United States.
(b) Designation and specification of the products
Pollen produced from MON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize, as or in foods and food ingredients.
The genetically modified MON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize, as described in the application, expresses the Cry1Ab protein which confers protection against certain lepidopteran pests.
(c) Labelling
For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘maize’.
(d) Method for detection
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Event specific real-time PCR based method for the quantification of MON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize.
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Validated on ground maize seeds (certified reference materials [CRM IRMM-413]), containing mixtures of genetically modified MON 810 and conventional maize, by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in collaboration with the American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC), Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) (Institute for Reference Material and Measurement (IRMM), Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP)), and GeneScan, Berlin, published at
http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/summaries/Mon810_validation_report.pdf
Reference Material: ERM-BF413k accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) at
http://www.irmm.jrc.be/html/reference_materials_catalogue/index.htm
(e) Unique identifier
MON-ØØ81Ø-6
(f) Information required under Annex II to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Not required.
(g) Conditions or restrictions on the placing on the market, use or handling of the products
Not required.
(h) Monitoring plan
Not required.
(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.