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. )

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.

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.

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 documents accompanying products containing or consisting of cotton GHB119, with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.

1 The authorisation holder shall ensure that the monitoring plan for environmental effects, as set out in point (h) of the Annex, is put in place and implemented.

2 The authorisation holder shall submit to the Commission annual reports on the implementation and the results of the activities set out in the monitoring plan in accordance with Decision 2009/770/EC.

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.

The authorisation holder shall be Bayer CropScience NV, Belgium, representing Bayer CropScience LP, United States of America.

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

This Decision is addressed to Bayer CropScience NV, J.E. Mommaertslaan 14, 1831, Diegem, Belgium.