
Article 1 
Genetically modified soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) MON 87769, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier MON-87769-7, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.
Article 2 
The following products are authorised for the purposes of Article 4(2) and Article 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-87769-7 soybean;
((b)) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-87769-7 soybean;
((c)) MON-87769-7 soybean in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than (a) and (b), with the exception of cultivation.
Article 3 

1. For the purposes of the 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. For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(2)(a) and Article 25(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the words ‘with stearidonic acid’ shall appear after the name of the organism on the label or, where appropriate, in the documents accompanying the products.
3. The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the documents accompanying products containing or consisting of MON-87769-7 soybean with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.
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 

1. The authorisation holder shall ensure that the post-market monitoring plan of the MON-87769-7 soybean oil, as set out in point (g) 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 post-market monitoring plan for the duration of the authorisation.
Article 6 
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 7 
The authorisation holder shall be Monsanto Europe SA, Belgium, representing Monsanto Company, United States.
Article 8 
This Decision shall apply for a period of 10 years from the date of its notification.
Article 9 
This Decision is addressed to Monsanto Europe SA, Avenue de Tervuren 270-272, 1150 Brussels, Belgium.
Done at Brussels, 24 April 2015.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
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.

(b) 

1.. foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-87769-7 soybean;
2.. feed containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-87769-7 soybean;
3.. MON-87769-7 soybean in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than 1 and 2, with the exception of cultivation.

The genetically modified MON-87769-7 soybean, as described in the application, expresses Δ15 desaturase which results in conversion of linoleic acid to α-linolenic acid and Δ6 desaturase which results in conversion of α-linolenic acid to stearidonic acid (SDA). SDA is a normal intermediate in the formation of the long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

(c) 

1.. For the purposes of the 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.. For the purposes of the labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(2)(a) and Article 25(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the words ‘with stearidonic acid’ shall appear after the name of the organism on the label or, where appropriate, in the documents accompanying the products.
3.. The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the documents accompanying products containing or consisting of MON-87769-7 soybean with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.

(d) 

1.. Event-specific real-time PCR based method for the quantification of MON-87769-7 soybean.
2.. Validated by the EU Reference Laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genomic DNA extracted from soybean seeds, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/statusofdossiers.aspx
3.. Reference Material: AOCS 0809-B and AOCS 0906-A are accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at http://www.aocs.org/tech/crm

(e) 
MON-87769-7

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

(g) 

1.. The authorisation holder shall collect the following information:

((i)) quantities of MON-87769-7 soybean oil and MON-87769-7 soybeans for oil extraction, imported into the European Union for the placing on the market as or in products for food;
((ii)) in case of import of products referred to in point (i), results of searches in the FAOSTAT database on the quantities of vegetable oil consumption by Member State, including shifts in quantities between the different types of oils consumed;
((iii)) in case of import of products referred to in point (i), data on the different categories of food and feed uses of MON-87769-7 oil in the EU.
2.. The authorisation holder shall, based on the information collected and reported, review the nutritional assessment conducted as part of the risk assessment.

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

(Link: plan published on the internet)
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.