
Article 1 
This Decision covers foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from the genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) line 1507 further specified in the Annex to this Decision (the products) and assigned the unique identifier DAS-Ø15Ø7-1, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.
Article 2 
The placing on the market of the products, according to the conditions specified in this Decision and its Annex, is authorised for the purposes of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
Article 3 
For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements provided for in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘maize’.
Article 4 

1. Authorisation holders shall ensure that the monitoring plan for environmental effects, as specified in the Annex to this Decision, is put in place and implemented.
2. Authorisation holders shall submit to the Commission annual reports on the implementation and the results of the monitoring activities.The reports shall clearly state those parts of the reports which are considered to be confidential, together with a verifiable justification for confidentiality in accordance with Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.Confidential parts of such reports shall be submitted in separate documents.
Article 5 
The information in the Annex to this Decision shall be entered in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
Article 6 
The authorisation holders are:

((a)) Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Belgium, representing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, United States of America; and
((b)) Dow AgroSciences Europe, United Kingdom, representing Mycogen Seeds, United States of America;
both of which are responsible for fulfilling the duties of authorisation holders provided for in this Decision and in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
Article 7 
This Decision shall be valid for a period of 10 years from the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 3 March 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

(a) Applicants and authorisation holdersNamePioneer Overseas CorporationAddressAvenue des Arts 44, B-1040 Brussels.On behalf of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., 400 Locus Street, Suite 800, Des Moines, IA50309, United States of America
and
NameDow AgroSciences Europe LtdAddressEuropean Development Centre, 3 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN, United Kingdom.On behalf of Mycogen Seeds c/o Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054, United States of America.(b) Designation and specification of the productsFoods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) line 1507 as described in the application, unique identifier DAS-Ø15Ø7-1, with resistance to the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) and certain other lepidopteran pests and with tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. The genetically modified maize DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 contains the following DNA sequences in two cassettes:
((a)) cassette 1:
A synthetic version of the truncated cry1F gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai, which confers resistance to the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) and certain other lepidopteran pests, under the regulation of the ubiquitin promoter ubiZM1(2) from Zea mays L. and the ORF25PolyA terminator from Agrobacterium tumefaciens pTi15955;
((b)) cassette 2:
A synthetic version of the pat gene from Streptomyces viridochromogenes strain Tü494, which confers tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium, under the regulation of the 35S promoter and terminator sequences from Cauliflower Mosaic Virus.(c) LabellingNo specific requirements other than those provided pursuant to Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
For the purpose of Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘maize’.(d) Method for detection
— Event specific real-time quantitative PCR based method for genetically modified maize DAS-Ø15Ø7-1.
— Validated by the Community reference laboratory established pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.it/detectionmethods/TC1507-WEB-Protocol-Validation.pdf
— Reference Material: ERM®-BF418 accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, the Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) at http://www.irmm.jrc.be/html/reference_materials_catalogue/index.htm(e) Unique identifierDAS-Ø15Ø7-1(f) Information required in accordance with Annex II to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological DiversityBiosafety Clearing House, Record ID: see Decision 2006/197/EC.(g) Conditions or restrictions on the placing on the market, use or handling of the productsNot required.(h) Monitoring planMonitoring plan for environmental effects conforming with Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC
(Link: http://gmo-crl.jrc.it/detectionmethods/TC1507-WEB-Protocol-Validation.pdf)(i) Post market monitoring requirements for the use of the food for human consumptionNot required.
Note: links to relevant documents may need to be modified over time. Those modifications will be made available to the public via the updating of the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed.