
Article 1 
Genetically modified soybean MON 87701, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier MON-877Ø1-2, 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 MON-877Ø1-2 soybean;
((b)) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-877Ø1-2 soybean;
((c)) products other than food and feed containing or consisting of MON-877Ø1-2 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 MON-877Ø1-2 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 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 plan in accordance with Decision 2009/770/EC.
Article 5 
The information set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be entered in the EU 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 Monsanto Europe SA, Belgium, representing Monsanto Company, United States.
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 Monsanto Europe SA, Avenue de Tervuren 270-272, 1150 Brussels, BELGIUM.
Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012.
For the Commission
John DALLI
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
(a) 
NameMonsanto Europe SAAddressAvenue de Tervuren 270-272, 1150 Brussels, BELGIUM

On behalf of Monsanto Company, 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63167, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

(b) 

((1)) Foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-877Ø1-2 soybean.
((2)) Feed containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-877Ø1-2 soybean.
((3)) Products other than food and feed containing or consisting of MON-877Ø1-2 soybean for the same uses as any other soybean with the exception of cultivation.

The genetically modified MON-877Ø1-2 soybean, as described in the application, expresses the Cry1Ac protein which confers protection against certain lepidopteran pests.

(c) 

((1)) For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 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 MON-877Ø1-2 soybean referred to in Article 2(b) and (c) of this Decision.

(d) 

— Event-specific real-time PCR-based method for the quantification of MON-877Ø1-2 soybean,
— validated on grains by the EU Reference Laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/statusofdoss.htm
— reference material: AOCS 0809-A and AOCS 0906-A accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at http://www.aocs.org/tech/crm

(e) 
MON-877Ø1-2

(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 the time. Those modifications will be made available to the public via the updating of the EU register of genetically modified food and feed.