Commission Decision of 24 October 2007 authorising the placing on the market of food and feed produced from genetically modified sugar beet H7-1 (KM-ØØØH71-4) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2007) 5125) (Only the French, Dutch and German texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/692/EC)

ANNEX U.K.

(a) Applicants and Authorisation holders: U.K.

Name

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KWS SAAT AG

Address

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Grimsehlstrasse 31, D-37574 Einbeck, Germany

and

Name

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Monsanto Europe S.A.

Address

:

Scheldelaan 460, Haven 627, B-2040 Antwerp, Belgium

On behalf of Monsanto Company — 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard — St. Louis, Missouri 63167 — United States of America.

(b) Designation and specification of the products: U.K.

(1)

Foods and food ingredients produced from KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet;

(2)

Feed produced from KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet.

The genetically modified KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet, as described in the application, expresses the CP4 EPSPS protein after insertion of the cp4 epsps gene from Agrobacterium sp. strain CP4 into sugar beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris).

The CP4 EPSPS protein confers tolerance to glyphosate containing herbicides.

(c) Labelling: U.K.

For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements laid down in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘sugar beet’.

(d) Method for detection: U.K.

• Event specific realtime PCR-based method for the quantification of KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet.

• Validated on seeds by the Community reference laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.it/statusofdoss.htm

• Reference Material: ERM®-BF419 accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, the Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) at http://www.irmm.jrc.be/html/reference_materials_catalogue/index.htm

(e) Unique identifier: U.K.

KM-ØØØH71-4

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

Not applicable.

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

Not required.

(h) Monitoring plan U.K.

Not applicable.

(i) Post-market monitoring requirements for the use of the food for human consumption U.K.

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. U.K.