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BCH-DEC-DE-111896-2   |   PDF   |   Print   |  
published: 04 Apr 2017 last updated: 23 Nov 2020
Amendment
No
General Information
6786-01-0107 (adv. 42010.0107); Decision regarding the risk assessment of a deliberate release (field trial) of genetically modified sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) T120-7 and T252, issued by the German Competent Authority
EN
13 Jul 1999
Yes
Subject of the decision, notification, communication or declaration
  • Decision on LMOs for intentional introduction into the environment (according to Article 10 or domestic regulatory framework)
LMOs for intentional introduction into the environment
No
No
Yes
No
No
Result of the decision
Approval of the import and/or use of the LMO(s) with conditions
-  Fertile plant material has to be transported and stored in closed and clearly labelled repositories at any time outside the release site and laboratory. The loss of seeds must be prevented during transport.
-  All machines that have been used on the release site have to be thoroughly cleaned on the release site.
-  The genetically modified plants must be removed and inactivated before flowering.
-  For seed production, plants compatible with sugarbeet must be removed in an area of 1000 m around the field site. This area may be reduced to 500 m if the field site is surrounded by a 5 m mantle crop (Hemp) or if construction measures are put in place to reduce the distribution of pollen.
-  All remaining fertile plant material has to be destroyed by disruption of their germination capacity.
-  Plant material remaining on the field site after harvest has to be destroyed and dug into the soil.
-  On the fields that were used for seed production the release site and a 5 m mantle area surrounding the field must be regularly inspected for transgenic volunteer sugarbeets for three years. This period has to be extended for another year if volunteer sugarbeet plants are found in the last year of the control period. Emerging volunteer plants have to be removed and destroyed before flowering.
EN
To comply with requirements of Directive 90/220/EEC, Gentechnikgesetz (German Gene Technology Act): reduce possibility of GMO spread/establishment.
EN
LMO identification & risk assessment
  • BCH-LMO-SCBD-111870-3 Living Modified Organism Sugarbeet modified for herbicide tolerance
    PLANTA Angewandte Pflanzengenetik und Biotechnologie GmbH | Resistance to herbicides (Glufosinate)
  • BCH-LMO-SCBD-111874-2 Living Modified Organism Sugarbeet modified for herbicide tolerance
    PLANTA Angewandte Pflanzengenetik und Biotechnologie GmbH | Resistance to antibiotics (Kanamycin, Neomycin), Resistance to herbicides (Glufosinate)
  • BCH-RA-DE-111895-2 Risk Assessment generated by a regulatory process 6786-01-0107 (adv. 42010.0107); Summary of the risk assessment of a deliberate release (field trial) of genetically modified sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.), T120-7 and T252, issued by the German Competent Authority
    Sugarbeet modified for herbicide tolerance | Common beet, Sugarbeet, BETMA, Resistance to herbicides | Sugarbeet modified for herbicide tolerance | Common beet, Sugarbeet, BETMA, Resistance to herbicides, Resistance to antibiotics
Document on the decision, communication, notification or declaration
Additional Information
-  type of decision: field trial
-  LMO: T252 and T120-7
-  legal basis: Directive 90/220/EEC, Gentechnikgesetz (German Gene Technology Act)
-  scope: test of field performance of LMO
-  authorization valid from 13 July 1999 to 31 December 2006
-  locations: 3 experimental fields located in 3 villages in Germany, for details refer to the German LMO/GMO location register (https://apps2.bvl.bund.de/stareg_web/localeSwitch.do?language=en&page=/showflaechen.do?)
-  size: max. 1,5 ha/site/year;
-  max. 60.000 LMO

-  There is no Summary Notification Information Format available on the Internet (WebSNIF) for B/DE/99/107

The decision on this deliberate release was made by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
The RKI was the competent national authority for the German Gene Technology Act before the competences were transferred to the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, BVL) on April 1st 2004. Deliberate releases that were authorized by the RKI prior to this date are now handled by the BVL.
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