
Article 1 
Genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) MON 810, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier MON-ØØ81Ø-6, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.
Article 2 
Pollen produced from maize MON 810, as or in foods and food ingredients, is authorised for the purposes of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision.
Article 3 
For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘maize’.
Article 4 
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 5 
The authorisation holder shall be Monsanto Europe S.A., Belgium, representing Monsanto Company, United States.
Article 6 
This Decision shall apply for a period of 10 years from the date of its notification.
Article 7 
This Decision is addressed to Monsanto Europe S.A., Avenue de Tervuren 270-272, 1150 Brussels, Belgium.
Done at Brussels, 6 November 2013.
For the Commission
Tonio BORG
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
(a) 
NameMonsanto Europe S.A.AddressAvenue de Tervuren 270-272, 1150 Brussels, Belgium

On behalf of Monsanto Company, United States.

(b) 
Pollen produced from MON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize, as or in foods and food ingredients.

The genetically modified MON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize, as described in the application, expresses the Cry1Ab protein which confers protection against certain lepidopteran pests.

(c) 
For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ shall be ‘maize’.

(d) 

— Event specific real-time PCR based method for the quantification of MON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize.
— Validated on ground maize seeds (certified reference materials [CRM IRMM-413]), containing mixtures of genetically modified MON 810 and conventional maize, by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in collaboration with the American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC), Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) (Institute for Reference Material and Measurement (IRMM), Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP)), and GeneScan, Berlin, published at
http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/summaries/Mon810_validation_report.pdf
Reference Material: ERM-BF413k accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) at
http://www.irmm.jrc.be/html/reference_materials_catalogue/index.htm

(e) 
MON-ØØ81Ø-6

(f) 
Not required.

(g) 
Not required.

(h) 
Not required.

(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 Community register of genetically modified food and feed.