Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2143 of 13 October 2023 renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MIR162 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Decisions (EU) 2016/1685, (EU) 2019/1305 and (EU) 2019/2087 as regards the reference material (notified under document C(2023) 6736)

Genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) MIR162, as specified in the Annex, is assigned the unique identifier SYN-IR162-4, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.

The authorisation for placing on the market of the following products is renewed as regards: (a) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize SYN-IR162-4; (b) feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize SYN-IR162-4; (c) products containing or consisting of genetically modified maize SYN-IR162-4, for uses other than those provided for 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 ‘maize’.

2 The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the documents accompanying the products containing or consisting of genetically modified maize SYN-IR162-4 as referred to in Article 1, with the exception of products referred to in Article 2, point (a).

The method set out in point (d) of the Annex shall apply for the detection of genetically modified maize SYN-IR162-4.

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 the format set out in Decision 2009/770/EC.

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.

The authorisation holder shall be Syngenta Crop Protection AG, represented in the Union by Syngenta Crop Protection NV/SA.

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

In the Annex, point (d)(3) is replaced by the following: ‘(3) Reference Material: ERM®-BF412 (for SYN-BTØ11-1), ERM®-BF446 (for SYN-IR162-4) and ERM®-BF423 (for SYN-IR6Ø4-5) accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, at https://crm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ and AOCS 0407-A and AOCS 0407-B (for MON-ØØØ21-9) accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at https://www.aocs.org/crm.’

In the Annex, point (d)(3) is replaced by the following: ‘(3) Reference Material: ERM®-BF412 (for SYN-BTØ11-1), ERM®-BF446 (for SYN-IR162-4) and ERM®-BF418 (for DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) are accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission at https://crm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/, and, AOCS 0407-A and AOCS 0407-B (for MON-ØØØ21-9) are accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at https://www.aocs.org/crm.’

In the Annex, point (d)(3) is replaced by the following: ‘(3) Reference Material: ERM®-BF412 (for SYN-BTØ11-1), ERM®-BF446 (for SYN-IR162-4), ERM®-BF423 (for SYN-IR6Ø4-5) and ERM®-BF418 (for DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) are accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission at https://crm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/, and AOCS 0411-C and 0411-D (for SYN-Ø53Ø7-1) and AOCS 0407-A and 0407-B (for MON-ØØØ21-9) are accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at https://www.aocs.org/crm.’

This Decision is addressed to Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Rosentalstrasse 67, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland, represented in the Union by Syngenta Crop Protection NV/SA, Avenue Louise 489, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.