Commission Decision of 13 January 2006 authorising the placing on the market of foods and food ingredients produced from genetically modified Roundup Ready maize line GA21 as novel foods or novel food ingredients under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2005) 5940) (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (2006/69/EC) (repealed)

Article 1

Foods and food ingredients produced from genetically modified maize line GA21 (hereinafter referred to as the products), as designated and specified in the Annex, may be placed on the Community market as novel foods or novel food ingredients.

Article 2

The products shall be labelled as ‘genetically modified maize’ or ‘produced from genetically modified maize’ in accordance with the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

Article 3

The products and the information included in the Annex shall be entered in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to Monsanto Europe SA, Belgium, representing Monsanto Company, USA. It shall be valid for a period of 10 years.

Done at Brussels, 13 January 2006.

For the Commission

Markos Kyprianou

Member of the Commission