Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2268 of 14 December 2016 amending Decisions 2007/305/EC, 2007/306/EC and 2007/307/EC as regards the tolerance period for traces of Ms1×Rf1 (ACS-BNØØ4-7×ACS-BNØØ1-4) hybrid oilseed rape, Ms1×Rf2 (ACS-BNØØ4-7×ACS-BNØØ2-5) hybrid oilseed rape and Topas 19/2 (ACS-BNØØ7-1) oilseed rape, as well as their derived products (notified under document C(2016) 8390)

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.’;

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 addressee shall implement an in-house program in order to ensure the effective withdrawal from the market of ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7×ACS-BNØØ2-5 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.’;

1 The presence of material which contains, consists of or is produced from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7×ACS-BNØØ2-5 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-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape via the American Oil Chemists Society at https://www.aocs.org/attain-lab-services/certified-reference-materials-(crms).’;

1 The addressee shall implement an in-house program in order to ensure the effective withdrawal from the market of ACS- BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape in breeding and seed production and shall gather data on the presence of that genetically modified organism 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.

2 The presence of material which contains, consists of or is produced from ACS-BNØØ7-1 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.

3 The addressee shall ensure the availability of certified reference material for ACS- BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape via the American Oil Chemists Society at https://www.aocs.org/attain-lab-services/certified-reference-materials-(crms).’.

The entries in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, regarding ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7×ACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape, ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7×ACS-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape, and ACS-BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape shall be modified in order to take account of this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to Bayer CropScience AG, Alfred-Nobel-Str. 50, D-40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany.