Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/560 of 31 March 2022 renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton GHB614 (BCS-GHØØ2-5) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2022) 1891) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1

Genetically modified organism and unique identifier

Genetically modified cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) GHB614, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier BCS-GHØØ2-5, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.

Article 2

Renewal of the authorisation

The authorisation for the placing on the market of the following products is renewed in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision:

• (a) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ2-5;

• (b) feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ2-5;

• (c) products containing or consisting of genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ2-5, for uses other than those provided for in points (a) and (b), with the exception of cultivation.

Article 3

Labelling

Article 4

Method for detection

The method set out in point (d) of the Annex shall apply for the detection of genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ2-5.

Article 5

Monitoring plan for environmental effects

Article 6

Community register

The information set out in the Annex shall be entered in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed, as referred to in Article 28(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

Article 7

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 8

Validity

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

Article 9

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-GHØØ2-5;

• (2) feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ2-5;

• (3) products containing or consisting of genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ2-5 for uses other than those provided for in points (1) and (2), with the exception of cultivation.

The genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ2-5 expresses the 2mEPSPS gene, which confers tolerance to glyphosate-based herbicides.

(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 documents accompanying the products containing or consisting of the genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ2-5, with the exception of the products referred to in point (b)(1).

(d) Method for detection:

• (1) Event-specific method for the quantification of genetically modified cotton BCS-GHØØ2-5 using real-time PCR;

• (2) Validated by the EU reference laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/StatusOfDossiers.aspx;

• (3) Reference Material: AOCS 1108 and 0306 are accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at https://aocs.org/tech/crm.

(e) Unique identifier:

BCS-GHØØ2-5

(f) Information required pursuant to 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 in accordance with Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ([^E0001]).

[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.

[^E0001]: Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC (OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1).