Article 18
1. For the purpose of implementing Article 47 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the Commission shall, on 18 April 2004, publish a list of the genetically modified material that has benefited from a favourable opinion from the Community Scientific Committee(s) or the Authority before that date and for which an application for authorisation has not been rejected in accordance with the relevant Community legislation. 2. This list shall distinguish between: (a) material in respect of which the Commission has been informed, by any interested party, that a detection method is publicly available; an indication of where the detection method has been made available shall be included; (b) material in respect of which the Commission has not yet been informed that a detection method is publicly available. Any interested party may, at any time, inform the Commission that a detection method for material referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph is publicly available, with an indication of where the detection method is available. 3. The list referred to in paragraph 1 shall be maintained by the Commission. Amendments to the list may result, in particular, from: (a) the granting of an authorisation or the rejection of an application for authorisation for material included in the list, in accordance with the relevant Community legislation; (b) notifications to the Commission, in accordance with Articles 8 or 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, that material included in the list has been lawfully placed on the market in the Community before 18 April 2004, or adoption by the Commission of a measure in accordance with Article 8(6) or 20(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003; (c) information received by the Commission that a detection method in respect of material included in the list is publicly available. Information about amendments brought to the list shall be compiled in an Annex to the list.