ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Annex II to Implementing Decision 2011/884/EU is amended as follows: (1) in point 2.2 the words ‘CEN/ISO 15568’ are replaced by ‘CEN/TS 15568:2007’; (2) in point 3, the second paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘In the case of grain samples, the designated control laboratory shall take from the homogenised laboratory sample four analytical samples of 240 grams (equivalent 10 000 rice grains). The four analytical samples shall be ground and further analysed separately. Two extractions shall be made from each analytical sample. One PCR test for each GM genetic element shall be made for each extraction in accordance with the screening methods detailed under point 4 below. For processed products such as flour, pasta or starch one analytical sample of 125 g shall be prepared from the homogenised laboratory sample. This analytical sample shall be ground, and from this sample two extractions shall be made with one PCR test for each GM genetic element for each extraction in accordance with the screening methods detailed under point 4. The consignment shall be considered as non-compliant if at least one GM genetic element is detected in at least one analytical sample of the consignment according to the guidelines provided in the European Union Reference Laboratory for GMOs (EURL for GMOs) report.’; (3) in point 5, the words ‘the EU RL GMFF’ are replaced by ‘the EURL for GMOs’.