Method for detectionE+W
4.—(1) For the purposes of Articles 7(3) and 19(3) of Regulation 1829/2003, the methods specified in sub-paragraph (2) are to be used for the detection of genetically modified maize referred to in paragraph 1.
(2) The methods are set out in—
(a)for DAS-Ø15Ø7-1, the document entitled “Event-specific method for the quantitation of maize line TC1507 using real-time PCR”, “Version B”, reference “JRC 113269”, and dated 24 September 2018;
(b)for SYN-IR162-4, the document entitled “Event-specific Method for the Quantification of Maize MIR162 Using Real-time PCR”, reference “CRLVL08/08VP”, and dated 31 January 2011;
(c)for MON-ØØ81Ø-6, the document entitled “CRL assessment on the validation of an event specific method for the relative quantitation of maize line MON 810 DNA using real-time PCR as carried out by Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)”, reference “CRL-VL-25/04VR”, and dated 10 March 2006;
(d)for MON-ØØ6Ø3-6, the document entitled “Event-specific method for the quantitation of maize line NK603 using real-time PCR”, reference “CRLVL27/04VP”, and dated 10 January 2005.
(3) The method of DNA extraction for use in the detection methods specified in sub-paragraph (2) is set out in the document entitled “Report on the In-house Validation of a DNA Extraction Method from Ground Maize Seeds and Validated DNA Extraction Method”, reference “EURL-VL-02/14XP”, and dated 10 April 2018.
(4) For the purposes of Articles 7(3) and 19(3) of Regulation 1829/2003—
(a)the following reference materials are accessible via the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission(1)—
(i)ERM®-BF418 (for DAS-Ø15Ø7);
(ii)ERM®-BF413 (for MON-ØØ81Ø-6);
(iii)ERM®-BF415 (for MON-ØØ6Ø3-6);
(b)the reference material AOCS 1208-A3 (for SYN-IR162-4) is accessible via the American Oil Chemists’ Society(2).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 4 in force at 26.4.2023, see reg. 1(2)(c)