
Article 1 
Genetically modified soybean (Glycine max) A2704-12, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier ACS-GMØØ5-3, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.
Article 2 
The following products are authorised for the purposes of Articles 4(2) and 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision:

((a)) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from ACS-GMØØ5-3 soybean;
((b)) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from ACS-GMØØ5-3 soybean;
((c)) products other than food and feed containing or consisting of ACS-GMØØ5-3 soybean for the same uses as any other soybean with the exception of cultivation.
Article 3 

1. For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘soybean’.
2. The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in documents accompanying products containing or consisting of ACS-GMØØ5-3 soybean referred to in Article 2(b) and (c).
Article 4 

1. The authorisation holder shall ensure that the monitoring plan for environmental effects, as set out in the point (h) of the Annex, is put in place and implemented.
2. The authorisation holder shall submit to the Commission annual reports on the implementation and the results of the activities set out in the monitoring activities.
Article 5 
The information set out 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 holder shall be Bayer CropScience AG.
Article 7 
This Decision shall apply for a period of 10 years from the date of its notification.
Article 8 
This Decision is addressed to Bayer CropScience AG, Alfred-Nobel-Straße 50, D-40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany.
Done at Brussels, 8 September 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
(a) 
NameBayer CropScience AG.AddressAlfred-Nobel-Strasse 50, D-40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany.

(b)  1. Foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from ACS-GMØØ5-3 soybean.
 2. Feed containing, consisting of, or produced from ACS-GMØØ5-3 soybean.
 3. Products other than food and feed containing or consisting of ACS-GMØØ5-3 soybean for the same uses as any other soybean with the exception of cultivation.

The genetically modified ACS-GMØØ5-3 soybean, as described in the application, expresses the PAT protein which confers tolerance to the glufosinate-ammonium herbicide.

(c)  1. For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements laid down in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, and in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘soybean’.
 2. The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in documents accompanying products containing or consisting of ACS-GMØØ5-3 soybean referred to in Article 2(b) and (c) of this Decision.

(d) 

— event specific real-time PCR-based method for the quantification of ACS-GMØØ5-3 soybean,
— validated on seeds by the Community reference laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.it/statusofdoss.htm
— reference material: AOCS 0707-A, AOCS 0707-B and AOCS 0707-C accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at http://www.aocs.org/tech/crm/bayer_soy.cfm

(e) 
ACS-GMØØ5-3.

(f) 
Biosafety Clearing House, Record ID: see [to be completed when notified].

(g) 
Not required.

(h) 
Monitoring plan for environmental effects conforming with Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC.

[Link: plan published on the Internet]

(i) 
Not 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.