
Article 1 
Decision 2006/601/EC is amended as follows:

1.. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
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Article 1 
This Decision applies to the following products originating from the United States of America:
Product CN Code
rice in the husk, parboiled Long A 1006 10 25
rice in the husk parboiled Long B 1006 10 27
rice in the husk other than parboiled Long A 1006 10 96
rice in the husk other than parboiled Long B 1006 10 98
husked (brown) rice Parboiled Long A 1006 20 15
husked (brown) rice Parboiled Long B 1006 20 17
husked (brown) rice Long A 1006 20 96
husked (brown) rice Long B 1006 20 98
semi-milled Parboiled rice Long A 1006 30 25
semi-milled Parboiled rice Long B 1006 30 27
semi-milled rice Long A 1006 30 46
semi-milled rice Long B 1006 30 48
wholly milled Parboiled rice Long A 1006 30 65
wholly milled Parboiled rice Long B 1006 30 67
wholly milled rice Long A 1006 30 96
wholly milled rice Long B 1006 30 98
broken rice (unless it is certified as not obtained from Long-grain) 1006 40 00'
2.. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
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Article 2 

1. Member States shall allow the first placing on the market of the products referred to in Article 1 only if the consignment of those products is accompanied by the original of an analytical report confirming that the products do not contain the genetically modified rice “LL RICE 601”. That report shall be issued by an accredited laboratory and based on a suitable and validated method for detection of genetically modified rice “LL RICE 601”.
2. Member States shall ensure that, at the point of entry into the Community, official sampling and analysis of each consignment of products referred to in Article 1 is carried out before they are placed on the Community market to demonstrate that it does not contain genetically modified rice “LL RICE 601”. For that purpose official sampling and analysis shall be carried out in accordance with the methods described in the Annex and within a maximum period of 15 working days.
3. The competent authorities of the Member States referred to in paragraph 2 shall issue an official accompanying document indicating that the consignment has been subject to official sampling and analysis and setting out the result of the analysis.
4. If a consignment is split, copies of the original analytical report as referred to in paragraph 1 and of the official accompanying document as referred to in paragraph 3 shall accompany each part of the split consignment up to and including the wholesale stage. Those copies shall be certified by the competent authority of the Member State on whose territory the splitting has taken place.
5. Any presence of genetically modified rice “LL RICE 601” detected by the controls provided for in paragraph 2 shall be reported to the Commission and the Member States through the Rapid Alert System for food and feed established by Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
6. Member States shall by 31 December 2006 at the latest submit to the Commission a report of all analytical results of official controls on consignments of products referred to in Article 1.'
3.. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
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Article 3 
Member States shall take appropriate measures, including random sampling and analysis carried out in accordance with the Annex, concerning the products referred to in Article 1 already on the market in order to verify the absence of genetically modified rice “LL RICE 601”. They shall inform the Commission of positive (unfavourable) results through the Rapid Alert System for food and feed.'
4.. Article 5 is replaced by the following:
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Article 5 

1. All costs resulting from sampling, analysis, storage and issuing of official accompanying documents and of copies of analytical reports and accompanying documents pursuant to Article 2(1) to (4) shall be borne by the food business operator responsible for the consignment or its representative.
2. All costs related to official measures taken by the competent authorities as regards non-compliant consignments shall be borne by the food business operator responsible for the consignment or its representative.'
5.. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
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Article 6 
The measures provided for in this Decision shall be reviewed by 15 January 2007 at the latest'.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 November 2006
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
1. 
The present annex is based on Recommendation 2004/787/EC. It takes in particular into account that the currently available methods are qualitative and that it addresses the detection of a non-authorised GMO for which there is no tolerance threshold. Samples intended for the official control for the absence of LL RICE 601 in rice products shall be taken according to the methods described below. The bulk samples thus obtained shall be considered as representative of the lots from which they are taken.

2. 
For the purpose of the current annex, definitions of Recommendation 2004/787/EC apply.

3. 
The number of incremental samples for the constitution of the bulk sample and the preparation of the analytical samples shall be made in accordance with Recommendation 2004/787/EC. The size of the laboratory sample shall be 2,5 kg. For the purpose of Article 11(5) of Regulation (EC) 882/2004, a second laboratory sample shall be constituted.

4. 
The control laboratory shall take from the homogenised laboratory sample four analytical samples of 240 grams. The four analytical samples have to be ground and further analysed separately.

The PCR method to be used is the construct-specific method ‘P35S:BAR’ that has been developed by Bayer CropScience and verified by the USDA and the JRC in its quality of Community reference laboratory for GM Food and Feed. In case of positive results, the presence of LL RICE 601 shall be confirmed by the event-specific method.

The lot shall be considered to be positive when one of the four analytical samples is positive.
