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Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2004Show full title
Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2004 of 6 April 2004 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application for the authorisation of new genetically modified food and feed, the notification of existing products and adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk evaluation (Text with EEA relevance)
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CHAPTER II Notification of existing products
A. For the purpose of implementing Articles 5(3)(i) and 17(3)(i) of...
B. The method acceptance criteria and method performance requirements have been...
C. The CRL, established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and assisted...
D. If the information provided about the method is considered adequate...
F. The CRL, together with ENGL, shall provide further information about...
G. The CRL, assisted by ENGL, shall evaluate the results obtained...
2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE METHOD
A. The method shall refer to all the methodological steps needed...
B. As described in the document referred to under 1(B), ENGL...
C. The applicant shall demonstrate that the method fulfils the following...
D. For the purpose of implementing Articles 5(3)(i) and 17(3)(i) of...
E. The applicant shall provide a complete and detailed description of...
3. INFORMATION ABOUT THE METHOD TESTING CARRIED OUT BY THE APPLICANT...
A. The applicant shall provide all the available and relevant data...
B. The information provided shall demonstrate the robustness of the method...
C. Information required about the method development and the method optimisation:...
D. Testing report. Besides the values obtained for the performance indices,...
4. SAMPLES OF THE FOOD AND FEED AND THEIR CONTROL SAMPLES...
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