Article 40
Amendments to Directive 2002/53/EC Directive 2002/53/EC is hereby amended with effect from the date of application of this Regulation as follows: 1. Article 4(5) shall be replaced by the following: "5. Further, when material derived from a plant variety is intended to be used in food falling within the scope of Article 3, or in feed falling within the scope of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed(31), the variety shall be accepted only if it has been approved in accordance with that Regulation." 2. Article 7(5) shall be replaced by the following: "5. Member States shall ensure that a variety intended to be used in food or feed as defined in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority, and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(32) is accepted only if it has been authorised under the relevant legislation."