Record details

General information

Country submitting the decision or communication

South Africa

Competent National Authority(ies) responsible for the decision or communication

Record #254

National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Hamilton St, Harvest House Building

Pretoria, 0001

South Africa, P/Bag X973

Phone:	+27 12 3196382
Fax:	+27 12 3196298
Email:	NompumeleloM@daff.gov.za
Url:	http://www.daff.gov.za/

Title / Reference number of the decision or communication

General release of MON1445 & 1698

Is the decision taken prior to entry into force of the Protocol?

Yes

Is this an amendment to a previous decision / communication?

Decision or communication details

Subject(s) of the decision

Decision under the Simplified Procedure (Article 13)

Does the decision specify cases when the intentional transboundary movement of LMOs may take place at the same time of the notification to the Party of import?

Does the decision specify cases when the intentional transboundary movement of LMOs should be exempted from the Advance Informed Agreement (AIA) procedure?

Yes

LMO identification

Record #14880

MON-Ø1445-2 - Roundup Ready™ cotton

Resistance to antibiotics - Kanamycin, Streptomycin Resistance to herbicides - Glyphosate

Show detection method(s)

Risk assessment

Record #108125

conditional general release of MON15985 x MON88913

MON-88913-8 x MON-15985-7 - Roundup Ready™ Flex™ Bollgard II™ cotton
Resistance to antibiotics - Kanamycin, Streptomycin
Resistance to diseases and pests - Insects - Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
Resistance to herbicides - Glyphosate
Selectable marker genes and reporter genes

Decision document

www.daff.gov.za

Additional Information

Roundup Ready (RR) cotton lines 1445, 1698 has obtained general release clearance (commercial planting/placing on the market) under the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Act, 1997 (Act No. 15 of 1997).

The South African Government does not require the information listed in Article 8 and the advanced informed agreement procedure in Article 10, for the imports of RR cotton lines 1445, 1698.

The procedure to follow is to complete the application form for "importation of a LMO that has obtained general release or commodity clearance under the GMO Act".

Please note that every import into SA is still subject to any other applicable legislation in SA, with particular reference to phytosanitary requirements under the Agricultural Pest Act, 1983.

The application form for "importation of a LMO that has obtained general release or commodity clearance under the GMO Act" is available on the website of the Department of Agriculture at http://www.nda.agric.za/docs/geneticresources/geneticcontrol.htm