Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1113 of 3 August 2018 renewing the authorisation for 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 C(2018) 5029) (Text with EEA relevance.)

Genetically modified sugar beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris) H7-1, as specified in point (b) of the Annex, is assigned the unique identifier KM-ØØØH71-4, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.

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 produced from KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet; (b) feed produced from KM-ØØØH71-4 sugar beet.

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

The method set out in point (d) of the Annex shall apply for the detection of sugar beet H7-1.

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

1 The authorisation holders shall be: (a) KWS SAAT SE, Germany; and (b) Monsanto Company, United States of America, represented by Monsanto Europe S.A./N.V., Belgium.

2 Both authorisation holders shall be responsible for fulfilling the duties imposed on authorisation holders by this Decision and Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

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

This Decision is addressed to: (a) KWS SAAT SE, Grimsehlstrasse 31, 37574 Einbeck, Germany; and (b) Monsanto Europe S.A./N.V., Scheldelaan 460, Haven 627, 2040 Antwerp, Belgium.