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►B COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 10 February 2012 authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean A5547-127 (ACS-GMØØ6-4) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2012) 691) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/81/EU) (OJ L 040 14.2.2012, p. 10)

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 10 February 2012

authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean A5547-127 (ACS-GMØØ6-4) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document C(2012) 691)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/81/EU)







Article 1

Genetically modified organism and unique identifier

Genetically modified soybean A5547-127, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier ACS-GMØØ6-4, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.

Article 2

Authorisation

The following products are authorised for the purposes of Article 4(2) and Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision:

(a) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from ACS-GMØØ6-4 soybean;

(b) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from ACS-GMØØ6-4 soybean;

(c) products other than food and feed containing or consisting of ACS-GMØØ6-4 soybean for the same uses as any other soybean with the exception of cultivation.

Article 3

Labelling

1. For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘soybean’.

2. The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in documents accompanying products containing or consisting of ACS-GMØØ6-4 soybean referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 2.

Article 4

Monitoring for environmental effects

1. The authorisation holder shall ensure that the monitoring plan for environmental effects, as set out in point (h) of the Annex, is put in place and implemented.

2. The authorisation holder shall submit to the Commission annual reports on the implementation and the results of the activities set out in the monitoring plan in accordance with the Decision 2009/770/EC.

Article 5

Community register

The information set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be entered in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

Article 6

Authorisation holder

The authorisation holder shall be ►M1 BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC, USA, represented by BASF SE, Germany ◄ .

Article 7

Validity

This Decision shall apply for a period of 10 years from the date of its notification.

Article 8

Addressee

This Decision is addressed to ►M1 BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Str. 38, 67063 Ludwigshafen ◄ , GERMANY.









ANNEX

▼M1

(a) Applicant and authorisation holder:

Name : BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC

Address : 100 Park Avenue, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932, United States of America

Represented by BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Str. 38, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany.

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(b) Designation and specification of the products

(1) Foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from ACS-GMØØ6-4 soybean.

(2) Feed containing, consisting of, or produced from ACS-GMØØ6-4 soybean.

(3) Products other than food and feed containing or consisting of ACS-GMØØ6-4 soybean for the same uses as any other soybean with the exception of cultivation.

The genetically modified ACS-GMØØ6-4 soybean, as described in the application, expresses the PAT protein which confers tolerance to the glufosinate-ammonium herbicide.

(c) Labelling

(1) For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, and in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘soybean’.

(2) The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in documents accompanying products containing or consisting of ACS-GMØØ6-4 soybean referred to in Article 2(b) and (c) of this Decision.

(d) Method for detection

— Event-specific real-time PCR-based method for the quantification of ACS-GMØØ6-4 soybean,

— validated by the European Union Reference Laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/statusofdoss.htm

— reference material: AOCS 0707-C3 and 0707-A2 accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at http://www.aocs.org/tech/crm

(e) Unique identifier

ACS-GMØØ6-4

(f) Information required under Annex II to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Biosafety Clearing House, Record ID: see [to be completed when notified].

(g) Conditions or restrictions on the placing on the market, use or handling of the products

Not required.

(h) Monitoring plan

Monitoring plan for environmental effects conforming with Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC.

[Link: plan published on the Internet]

(i) Post-market monitoring requirements for the use of the food for human consumption

Not required.

Note: Links to relevant documents may need to be modified over time. Those modifications will be made available to the public via the updating of the Community register of genetically modified food and feed.