2013/648/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 6 November 2013 authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize MON89034 × 1507 × NK603 (MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2013) 4719) Text with EEA relevance

Article 1

Genetically modified organism and unique identifier

Genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) MON89034 × 1507 × NK603, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.

Article 2

Authorisation

The following products are authorised for the purposes of Article 4(2) and Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision:

• (a) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize;

• (b) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize;

• (c) MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than (a) and (b), with the exception of cultivation.

Article 3

Labelling

Article 4

Monitoring for environmental effects

Article 5

Community register

The information set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be entered in the EU register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

Article 6

Authorisation holders

• (a) Corteva Agriscience LLC, United States of America, represented by Corteva Agriscience Belgium B.V.; and

• (b) Bayer CropScience LP, United States of America, represented by Bayer Agriculture BV, Belgium.

Article 7

Validity

This Decision shall apply for a period of 10 years from the date of its notification.

Article 8

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to:

• (a) Corteva Agriscience LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1054, United States of America, represented by Corteva Agriscience Belgium B.V., Bedrijvenlaan 9, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium; and

• (b) Bayer CropScience LP, 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard, St Louis, Missouri, 63167, United States of America, represented by Bayer Agriculture BV, Scheldelaan 460, 2040 Antwerp, Belgium.

ANNEX

(a) Applicants and Authorisation holders

represented by Corteva Agriscience Belgium B.V., Bedrijvenlaan 9, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium,

and

represented by Bayer Agriculture BV, Scheldelaan 460, 2040 Antwerp, Belgium.

(b) Designation and specification of the products

• (1) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize;

• (2) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize;

• (3) MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than (1) and (2), with the exception of cultivation.

The genetically modified MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize, as described in the application, is produced by crosses between maize containing MON-89Ø34-3, DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 and MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 events and expresses the Cry1A.105, Cry2Ab2, Cry1F proteins which confer protection against certain lepidopteran pests, the CP4 EPSPS protein which confers tolerance to herbicide glyphosate and the PAT protein which confers tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium.

(c) Labelling

• (1) For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, and in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘maize’;

• (2) The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in documents accompanying products containing or consisting of MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize, with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.

(d) Method for detection

• — Event specific real-time quantitative PCR based methods for quantitative detection of genetically modified MON-89Ø34-3, DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 and MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize validated on the single-trait events and verified on MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize;

• — DNA extraction method validated on ground maize seeds by the European Union Reference Laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/StatusOfDossiers.aspx

• — Reference Material: ERM®-BF418 (for DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) and ERM®-BF415 (for MON-ØØ6Ø3-6) accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) at https://irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/rmcatalogue and AOCS 0906-E and AOCS 0406-A (for MON-89Ø34-3) accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at http://www.aocs.org/tech/crm

(e) Unique identifier

MON-89Ø34-3 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6.

(f) Information required under Annex II to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Biosafety Clearing-House, Record ID: see [to be completed when notified].

(g) Conditions or restrictions on the placing on the market, use or handling of the products

Not required.

(h) Monitoring plan

Monitoring plan for environmental effects conforming with Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC.

[Link: plan published on the internet]

(i) Post market monitoring requirements for the use of the food for human consumption

Not required.

Note: links to relevant documents may need to be modified over the time. Those modifications will be made available to the public via the updating of the Community register of genetically modified food and feed.