Official Journal of the European Union

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2021/1185

of 13 July 2021

amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2450 as regards the authorisation holder and its representative in the Union for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean DAS-44406-6

(notified under document C(2021) 5140)

(Only the Dutch text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (1), and in particular to Article 9(2) and Article 21(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Dow AgroSciences Distribution SAS based in France, is the representative in the Union of Dow AgroSciences LLC and M.S. Technologies LLC, both based in the United States, as regards the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean DAS-44406-6, granted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2450 (2).

(2) By the letter of 22 March 2021, Corteva Agriscience LLC, based in the United States informed the Commission that Dow AgroSciences LLC changed the name to Corteva Agriscience LLC as of 1 January 2021.

(3) By letter dated 22 March 2021, M.S. Technologies LLC informed the Commission that its representative in the Union as regards the authorisation granted by Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2450 was Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV, based in Belgium, as of 19 March 2021.

(4) By letter dated 22 March 2021, Corteva Agriscience LLC informed the Commission that its representative in the Union was Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV, based in Belgium, as of 22 March 2021.

(5) By letter dated 22 March 2021, Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV informed the Commission that it agrees with the requested changes.

(6) The requested changes are purely administrative in nature and therefore do not entail a new assessment of the products concerned.

(7) Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2450 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Amendments to Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2450 Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2450 is amended as follows: (1) Article 7 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 7 Authorisation holders The authorisation holder shall be Corteva Agriscience LLC, United States, and M.S. Technologies LLC, United States, both represented in the Union by Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV.’ (2) Article 9 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 9 Addressees This Decision is addressed to Corteva Agriscience LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1054, United States and to M.S. Technologies LLC, 103 Avenue D West Point, IA 52656, United States, represented in the Union by Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV, Bedrijvenlaan 9, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium.’ (3) in the Annex, point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) Authorisation holders: Name : Corteva Agriscience LLC Address : 9330 Zionsville Road Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1054, United States, represented in the Union by Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV, Bedrijvenlaan 9, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium; and Name : M.S. Technologies LLC Address : 103 Avenue D West Point, IA 52656, United States, represented in the Union by Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV, Bedrijvenlaan 9, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium.’

Article 2 Addressees This Decision is addressed to Corteva Agriscience LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1054, United States, and to M.S. Technologies LLC, 103 Avenue D West Point, IA 52656, United States, both represented in the Union by Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV, Bedrijvenlaan 9, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium.

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2021. For the Commission Stella KYRIAKIDES Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1.

(2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2450 of 21 December 2017 authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean DAS-44406-6, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed (OJ L 346, 28.12.2017, p. 16).