Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1208 of 4 July 2017 authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified cotton GHB119 (BCS-GHØØ5-8) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed (notified under document C(2017) 4457) (Text with EEA relevance. )

Article 1

Genetically modified organism and unique identifier

Genetically modified cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) GHB119, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier BCS-GHØØ5-8, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.

Article 2

Authorisation

The following products are authorised for the purposes of Articles 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 cotton GHB119;

• (b) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from cotton GHB119;

• (c) Cotton GHB119 in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than those provided in points (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 Community register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

Article 6

Authorisation holder

The authorisation holder shall be BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC, United States, represented in the Union by BASF Agricultural Solutions Belgium NV, Belgium.

Article 7

Validity

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

Article 8

Addressee

This Decision is addressed to BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC, 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., Durham, NC 27713, United States, represented in the Union by BASF Agricultural Solutions Belgium NV, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 101, 9052 Ghent, Belgium.

ANNEX

(a) Applicant and authorisation holder:

Name: BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC

Address: 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., Durham, NC 27713, United States,

represented in the Union by: BASF Agricultural Solutions Belgium NV, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 101, 9052 Ghent, Belgium.

(b) Designation and specification of the products:

• (1) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ5-8;

• (2) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ5-8;

• (3) genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ5-8 in products containing them or consisting of them for any other use than those provided in points (1) and (2), with the exception of cultivation.

BCS-GHØØ5-8 as described in the application, expresses the PAT protein which confers tolerance to glufosinate ammonium-based herbicides and Cry2Ae protein which confers resistance to certain lepidopteran pests.

(c) Labelling:

• (1) For the purposes of the 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 ‘cotton’.

• (2) The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the accompanying documents of the products containing or consisting of the cotton covered by this Decision, with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.

(d) Method for detection:

• (1) Event-specific real-time PCR based method for the quantification of BCS-GHØØ5-8 cotton.

• (2) Validated by the EU Reference Laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genomic DNA extracted from seeds of BCS-GHØØ5-8 cotton, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/statusofdossiers.aspx

• (3) Reference Material: ERM-BF428 accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, at https://crm.irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/reference-materials/catalogue

(e) Unique identifier:

BCS-GHØØ5-8

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

(Biosafety Clearing-House, Record ID number: published in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed when notified).

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

Not required.

(h) Monitoring plan for environmental effects:

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

(Link: plan published in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed)

(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 time. Those modifications will be made available to the public via the updating of the Community register of genetically modified food and feed.