2008/279/EC: Commission Decision of 28 March 2008 repealing Decision 2006/69/EC authorising the placing on the market of foods and food ingredients produced from genetically modified Roundup Ready maize line GA21 as novel foods or novel food ingredients under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2008) 1116)
Date: 2006-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, food safety, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, genetically modified organism, maize, market approval

29.3.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 87/17

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 March 2008

repealing Decision 2006/69/EC authorising the placing on the market of foods and food ingredients
produced from genetically modified Roundup Ready maize line GA21 as novel foods or novel food
ingredients under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document number C(2008) 1116)

(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)

(2008/279/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of
European Parliament and of
2003 on genetically modified food and feed (1),

the
the Council of 22 September

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

food

ingredients

Foods and food ingredients produced from genetically
modified maize line GA21 (MON-ØØØ21-9) have been
authorised for placing on the market as novel food or
by Commission Decision
novel
2006/69/EC of 13 January 2006 authorising the
placing on the market of
food and food ingredients
produced from genetically modified Roundup Ready
maize line GA21 as novel foods and novel food ingre-
dients under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European
Parliament and of the Council (2).

That Decision was addressed to Monsanto Europe S.A.,
Belgium, representing Monsanto Company, USA, and
was valid for 10 years.

By letter of 1 March 2007 to the Commission, Monsanto
taking into consideration that Syngenta
Europe S.A.,
Seeds S.A.S. has
the
submitted an application for
placing on the market of GA21 maize products,
indicated that it had discontinued GA21 seed production
several years ago and seed sales in 2005, and thus it had
no interest to maintain this authorisation as of the entry
into force of the authorisation granted to Syngenta.

On 2 October 2007, the European Food Safety Authority
gave a favourable opinion for an application submitted
by Syngenta, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and
including products covered by Decision 2006/69/EC.

(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 99).

(2) OJ L 34, 7.2.2006, p. 29.

As a consequence, it is appropriate to provide that the
repeal of Decision 2006/69/EC should apply from the
the authorisation granted to
day of application of
Syngenta for GA21 products.

The entries in the Community register of genetically
modified food and feed, as provided for
in Arti-
cle 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, regarding
MON-ØØØ21-9 maize should be modified in order to
take account of this Decision.

Monsanto Europe S.A. has been consulted on the
measures provided for in this Decision.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2006/69/EC is repealed.

Article 2

The entries in the Community register of genetically modified
food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EC)
No 1829/2003,
regarding MON-ØØØ21-9 maize shall be
modified in order to take account of this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from the date a Community Decision
authorising the placing on the market of products containing,
consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize
to Regulation (EC) No
GA21 (MON-ØØØ21-9) pursuant
1829/2003 and addressed to Syngenta Seeds S.A.S.
is
published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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29.3.2008

This Decision is addressed to Monsanto Europe S.A., Scheldelaan 460, Haven 627, B-2040 Antwerpen,
Belgium.

Article 4

Done in Brussels, 28 March 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission