Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/457 of 27 February 2026 authorising the placing on the market of food, food ingredients and feed produced from genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2026) 1262)
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Genetically modified organism and unique identifier
Genetically modified sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris L.) KWS20-1, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier KB-KWS2Ø1-6, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.
Authorisation
The following products are authorised in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision: (a) foods and food ingredients produced from genetically modified sugar beet KB-KWS2Ø1-6; (b) feed produced from genetically modified sugar beet KB-KWS2Ø1-6.
Labelling
For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 25(2), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the name of the organism shall be ‘sugar beet’.
Method for detection
The method set out in point (d) of the Annex shall apply for the detection of genetically modified sugar beet KB-KWS2Ø1-6.
Community register
The information set out in the Annex 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.
Authorisation holders
The authorisation holders shall be: (a) Bayer CropScience LLC, represented in the Union by Bayer Agriculture B.V., Belgium; (b) KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, Germany.
Validity
This Decision shall apply for a period of 10 years from the date of its notification.
Addressee
This Decision is addressed to: (a) Bayer CropScience LLC, 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri, 63167, United States, represented in the Union by Bayer Agriculture B.V., Scheldelaan 460, 2040 Antwerp, Belgium; and (b) KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, Grimsehlstrasse 31, Einbeck, 37574, Germany.
ANNEX (a) Applicants and authorisation holders: (1) Name: Bayer CropScience LLC Address: 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard, St Louis, Missouri, 63167, United States, represented in the Union by Bayer Agriculture B.V., Scheldelaan 460, 2040, Antwerp, Belgium; and (2) Name: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA Address: Grimsehlstrasse 31, Einbeck, 37574, Germany. (b) Designation and specification of the products: (1) foods and food ingredients produced from genetically modified sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris L.) KB-KWS2Ø1-6; (2) feed produced from genetically modified sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris L.) KB-KWS2Ø1-6; The genetically modified sugar beet KB-KWS2Ø1-6 expresses the dmo gene, which confers tolerance to herbicides containing dicamba, the pat gene, which confers tolerance to herbicides containing glufosinate-ammonium and the cp4 epsps gene, which confers tolerance to herbicides containing glyphosate. (c) Labelling: For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 25(2), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘sugar beet’. (d) Method for detection: (1) event-specific real-time PCR based method for the quantification of genetically modified sugar beet KB-KWS2Ø1-6; (2) validated by the EU reference laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at https://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/method-validations ; (3) reference material: AOCS 0523-B (for KB-KWS2Ø1-6) and AOCS 1206-A (for its non-GM counterpart), are accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS), at https://www.aocs.org/crm?SSO=True . (e) Unique identifier: KB-KWS2Ø1-6 (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 for environmental effects: Not required. (i) Post-market monitoring requirements for the use of the food for human consumption: Not required. Note: links to the relevant documents may need to be modified over time. Those modifications will be made available to the public through the updating of the Community register of genetically modified food and feed.
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