Legal provisions of COM(2011)36 - Amendment of Commission Decision 2006/197/EC as regards the renewal of the authorization to place on the market existing feed produced from genetically modified maize line 1507 (DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) pursuant to Regulation 1829/2003 (Only the French, Dutch and English texts are authentic)

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dossier COM(2011)36 - Amendment of Commission Decision 2006/197/EC as regards the renewal of the authorization to place on the market existing feed ...
document COM(2011)36 EN
date June 17, 2011

Contents

Article 1 - Amendments

Decision 2006/197/EC is amended as follows:

(1)the title is replaced by the following:

(2)Articles 1, 2 and 3 of Decision 2006/197/EC are replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Products

This Decision covers foods and food ingredients containing and consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) line 1507 and feed produced from such maize (the products).

Genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) line 1507 as further specified in the Annex to this Decision is assigned the unique identifier DAS-Ø15Ø7-1, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.

Article 2 - Placing on the market

The placing on the market of the products, according to the conditions specified in this Decision and its Annex, is authorised for the purposes of Articles 4(2) and 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

Article 3 - Labelling

For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements provided for in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the “name of the organism” shall be “maize”.’;

(3)the Annex is amended as follows:

(a)Section (b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b)Designation and specification of the products:

(i)foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 maize;

(ii)feed produced from DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 maize.

The genetically modified DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 maize, as described in the application, is resistant to the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) and certain other lepidopteran pests and is tolerant to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. The genetically modified DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 maize contains the following DNA sequences in two cassettes:

—   cassette 1: A synthetic version of the truncated cry1F gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai, which confers resistance to the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) and certain other lepidopteran pests, under the regulation of the ubiquitin promoter ubiZM1(2) from Zea mays L. and the ORF25PolyA terminator from Agrobacterium tumefaciens pTi15955,

—   cassette 2: A synthetic version of the pat gene from Streptomyces viridochromogenes strain Tü494, which confers tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium, under the regulation of the 35S promoter and terminator sequences from Cauliflower Mosaic Virus.’;

(b)Section (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c)   Labelling:

No specific requirements other than those provided for in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

For the purpose of Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the “name of organism” shall be “maize”.’.

Article 2 - Addressees

This Decision is addressed to:

(a)Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Avenue des Arts 44, 1040 Brussels, Belgium; and

(b)Dow AgroSciences Europe, European Development Centre, 3 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN, United Kingdom.