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BCH-DEC-DE-102929-3   |   PDF   |   Print   |  
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published: 08 Dec 2011 last updated: 21 Jul 2020
Amendment
No
General Information
6786-01-0162 (adv. 42010.0162); Decision regarding the deliberate release (field trial) of genetically modified potato (Solanum tuberosum; Seresta, Kuras) AM02-1003, AM02-1005, AM02-1008, AM02-1010, AM02-1012, AM02-1014 and AM02-1017, issued by the German Competent Authority
EN
15 Apr 2005
No
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
- If any new information on the cultivated LMO emerges that might bear any risk for human health, animal health or the environment the national federal authority needs to be informed.
- Fertile plant material (potato tuber) has to be transported and stored in closed and clearly labelled repositories at any time outside the release site. The label need to distinctively describe the LMO and it needs to be noted that this potato is unfit for consumption. All remaining fertile plant material has to be destroyed by disruption of their germination capacity, e.g. via fermentation within a biogas plant.
- Inspection of the release site on unexpected biological traits of the LMO and on disturbance by wildlife has to be accomplished every four weeks during the experimental release and sufficient risk measures have to be performed.
- After completion of the field trial the soil of the release site has to be loosen up (first 20 cm of the soil) but not to be ploughed. Uncovered potato tubers have to be collected by hand and destroyed as previously described.
- After completion of the field trial an inspection every four weeks of the release site for transgenic potato volunteers, their documentation and removal and disposal has to be accomplished during the growing season or if volunteers were observed for one year longer if volunteers were observed. The release site must not be cultivated with plants impairing the detection of transgenic volunteers. 
EN
To comply with requirements of Directive 2001/18/EC, Gentechnikgesetz (German Gene Technology Act): reduce possibility of GMO spread/establishment.
EN
LMO identification & risk assessment
  • BCH-LMO-SCBD-102898-2 Living Modified Organism Potato with altered starch composition
    BASF Plant Science GmbH | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Amylose and amylopectin ratio)
  • BCH-RA-DE-102928-4 Risk Assessment generated by a regulatory process 6786-01-0162 (bzw. 42010-0162); Summary of the risk assessment of a deliberate release (field trial) of genetically modified potato (Solanum tuberosum; Seresta, Kuras) AM02-1003, AM02-1005, AM02-1008, AM02-1010, AM02-1012, AM02-1014 and AM02-1017, issued by the German Competent Authority
    Potato with altered starch composition | Potato, SOLTU, Changes in quality and/or metabolite content
Document on the decision, communication, notification or declaration
Additional Information
- type of decision: field trail
- LMO: AM02-1003, AM02-1005, AM02-1008, AM02-1010, AM02-1012, AM02-1014, AM02-1017
- legal basis: Directive 2001/18/EC, Gentechnikgesetz (German Gene Technology Act)
- scope: test of field performance of LMO
- authorization valid from 01/01/2005-31/12/2009
- locations: 3 experimental fields located in 3 different villages in Germany, for details see German LMO/GMO location register  (http://apps2.bvl.bund.de/stareg_web/localeSwitch.do?language=en&page=/showflaechen.do?)
- size:
(1) 46 ha in Sanitz, release between 07/06/2005 and 20/10/2005
(2) 0.5 ha in Lohmen, release between 08/06/2005 and 19/10/2005
(3) 5.04 ha in Werpeloh, release between 09/06/2005 and 27/10/2005
- max. 3000 LMO per line and site in agreement with agronomic practice

- There is a Summary Notification Information Format available on the Internet (WebSNIF) for B/DE/04/162
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