Decision 2007/305/EC is amended as follows:
Article 1 is replaced by the following:
The addressee shall implement an in-house program in order to ensure the effective withdrawal from the market of ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7×ACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape in breeding and seed production and shall gather data on the presence of those genetically modified organisms in the oilseed rape shipments to the Union from Canada.
The addressee shall report to the Commission on the implementation of this program and on the presence of those genetically modified organisms in the oilseed rape shipments to the Union from Canada by 1 January 2019.’;
Article 2 is replaced by the following:
1.The presence of material which contains, consists of or is produced from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7×ACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape in food or feed products notified under point (a) of Article 8(1) and Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 shall be tolerated until 31 December 2019, provided that this presence:
(a)is adventitious or technically unavoidable; and
(b)is in a proportion no higher than 0,1 % mass fraction.
2.The addressee shall ensure the availability of certified reference material for ACS-BNØØ4-7×ACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape via the American Oil Chemists Society at https://www.aocs.org/attain-lab-services/certified-reference-materials-(crms).’;
the Annex is deleted.