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BCH-DEC-EU-112245-1   |   PDF   |   Print   |  
last updated: 13 Jul 2017
Amendment
No
General Information
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1207 of 4 July 2017 renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of genetically modified maize MON 810 (MON-ØØ81Ø-6) products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
EN
04 Jul 2017
No
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)
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-14750-19 Living Modified Organism MON-ØØ81Ø-6 - YieldGard™ maize
    Monsanto | Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis))
  • BCH-RA-EU-101791-3 Risk Assessment generated by a regulatory process European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion on the safety of genetically modified insect resistant maize MON810 for food and feed uses, including seeds for cultivation
    MON-ØØ81Ø-6 - YieldGard™ maize | Maize, Corn, MAIZE, Resistance to diseases and pests
Document on the decision, communication, notification or declaration
Additional Information
The renewal authorisation does not cover cultivation and pollen which is under the scope of Commission Implementing Decision 2013/649.

An event-specific method for the quantitation of maize MON 810 by means of real-time PCR has been validated in a collaborative trial by the Germany Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and verified by the European Union Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed (EURL GMFF) at the Joint Research Centre
(JRC) of the European Commission (EC). The detection method is available at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/StatusOfDossiers.aspx.
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