Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/736 of 11 May 2022 amending Decisions 2007/305/EC, 2007/306/EC and 2007/307/EC as regards the tolerance period for traces of Ms1xRf1 (ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4) hybrid oilseed rape, Ms1xRf2 (ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5) hybrid oilseed rape and Topas 19/2 (ACS-BNØØ7-1) oilseed rape, as well as their derived products (notified under document C(2022) 3009) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendments to Decision 2007/305/EC
Decision 2007/305/EC is amended as follows:
(1)
the second paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘By 1 January 2025, the addressee shall report to the Commission on the implementation of that programme and on the presence of those genetically modified organisms in the oilseed rape shipments from Canada to the Union.’;
(2)
paragraph 1 of Article 2 is replaced by the following:
‘1. The presence of material which contains, consists of or is produced from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape in food or feed products notified under Article 8(1)(a) and Article 20(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 shall be tolerated until 31 December 2025, provided that this presence is:
(a)
adventitious or technically unavoidable; and
(b)
in a proportion no higher than 0,1 % mass fraction’.
Amendments to Decision 2007/306/EC
Decision 2007/306/EC is amended as follows:
(1)
the second paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘By 1 January 2025, the addressee shall report to the Commission on the implementation of this program and on the presence of those genetically modified organisms in the oilseed rape shipments from Canada to the Union.’;
(2)
paragraph 1 of Article 2 is replaced by the following:
‘1. The presence of material which contains, consists of or is produced from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape in food or feed products notified under Article 8(1)(a) and Article 20(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 shall be tolerated until 31 December 2025, provided that this presence is:
(a)
adventitious or technically unavoidable; and
(b)
in a proportion no higher than 0,1 % mass fraction.’.
Amendment to Decision 2007/307/EC
Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 1 of Decision 2007/307/EC are replaced by the following:
‘1. The addressee shall implement an in-house programme in order to ensure the effective withdrawal from the market of ACS- BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape in breeding and seed production and shall gather data on the presence of that genetically modified organism in the oilseed rape shipments to the Union from Canada.
By 1 January 2025, the addressee shall report to the Commission on the implementation of that programme and on the presence of those genetically modified organisms in the oilseed rape shipments from Canada to the Union.
2. The presence of material which contains, consists of or is produced from ACS-BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape in food or feed products notified under Article 8(1)(a) and Article 20(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 shall be tolerated until 31 December 2025, provided that this presence is:
(a)
adventitious or technically unavoidable; and
(b)
in a proportion no higher than 0,1 % mass fraction.’.
Modification of the entries in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed
The entries in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, regarding ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape, ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape, and ACS-BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape shall be modified by the Commission in order to take account of this Decision.
Addressee
This Decision is addressed to BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Str. 38, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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