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last updated: 03 Mar 2026
Amendment
No
General Information
European Union
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/457 of 27 February 2026 authorising the placing on the market of food, food ingredients and feed produced from genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
EN
27 Feb 2026
No
European Union
EN
Subject of the decision, notification, communication or declaration
  • Decision on LMOs for direct use as food or feed, or for processing (Article 11, LMOs-FFP)
  • Decision on domestic use of an LMO, including its placing on the market (Article 11.1)
LMOs for direct use as food or feed, or for processing (LMOs-FFP)
  • LMOs for direct use as food
  • LMOs for direct use as feed
  • LMOs for processing
No
Result of the decision
Approval of the import and/or use of the LMO(s) without conditions
LMO identification & risk assessment
  • BCH-LMO-SCBD-280866-1 Living Modified Organism KB-KWS2Ø1-6 - Herbicide-tolerant sugar beet
    Bayer CropScience Deutschland GmbH, KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA / PLANTA Applied Plant Genetics and Biotechnology GmbH | Resistance to herbicides (Glufosinate, Glyphosate)
  • BCH-RA-EU-286464-1 Risk Assessment generated by a regulatory process Assessment of genetically modified sugar beet KWS20‐1 (application GMFF‐2023‐14732)
    KB-KWS2Ø1-6 - Herbicide-tolerant sugar beet | Common beet, Sugarbeet, BETMA, Resistance to herbicides
Document on the decision, communication, notification or declaration
Additional Information
Detection methods for the sugar beet KWS20-1 respectively validated and verified by the European Union Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed (EURL GMFF) available at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/StatusOfDossiers.aspx.
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