
Article 1 
Genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) line 1507, as specified in point (b) of the Annex to this Decision, is assigned the unique identifier DAS-Ø15Ø7-1, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 65/2004.
Article 2 
The authorisation for the placing on the market of the following products is renewed in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision:

((a)) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of or produced from maize 1507;
((b)) feed containing, consisting of or produced from maize 1507;
((c)) maize 1507 in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than those provided for in points (a) and (b), 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 ‘maize’.
2. The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear either on a label or in a document accompanying the products containing or consisting of maize 1507, with the exception of food and food ingredients.This requirement shall apply until the placing on the market of maize 1507 seeds for the purpose of cultivation is authorised.
Article 4 
The method set out in point (d) of the Annex shall apply for the detection of maize 1507.
Article 5 

1. The authorisation holders shall ensure that the monitoring plan for environmental effects, as set out in point (h) of the Annex to this Decision is put in place and implemented.
2. The authorisation holders shall submit to the Commission joint 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 6 
The information set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be entered in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
Article 7 

1. The authorisation holders shall be:
(a) Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Belgium, representing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., United States, and
(b) Dow AgroSciences Ltd, United Kingdom, representing Dow AgroSciences LLC, United States.
2. Both authorisation holders shall be responsible for fulfilling the duties imposed on authorisation holders by this Decision and Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
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:

((a)) Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Avenue des Arts 44, B-1040 Brussels — Belgium, and
((b)) Dow AgroSciences Europe Ltd., European Development Center, 3B Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN — United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 2017.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
(a) 
NamePioneer Overseas CorporationAddressAvenue des Arts 44, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium

On behalf of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., 7100 NW 62nd Avenue, P.O. Box 1014, Johnston, IA 50131-1014, United States

and

NameDow AgroSciences Europe Ltd.AddressEuropean Development Center, 3B Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN, United Kingdom

On behalf of Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054, United States

(b) 

((1)) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from maize 1507;
((2)) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from maize 1507;
((3)) maize 1507 in products containing it or consisting of it for any other use than those provided for in points (1) and (2), with the exception of cultivation.

Maize 1507, as described in the application, expresses the Cry1F protein, derived from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai, which confers resistance to the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) and certain other lepidopteran pests, and the PAT protein, derived from Streptomyces viridochromogenes strain Tü494, which confers tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium.

(c) 

((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 ‘maize’.
((2)) The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear either on a label or in a document accompanying the products containing or consisting of maize 1507, with the exception of food and food ingredients.

This requirement shall apply until the placing on the market of maize 1507 seeds for the purpose of cultivation is authorised.

(d) 

((1)) Event specific real-time quantitative PCR based method for detection of the genetically modified maize DAS-Ø15Ø7-1.
((2)) Validated by the Community reference laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/StatusOfDossiers.aspx
((3)) Reference Material: ERM®-BF418 (for DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) is accessible via the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission at https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/reference-materials/catalogue/

(e) 
DAS-Ø15Ø7-1

(f) 
[Biosafety Clearing-House, Record ID number: published in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed when notified].

(g) 
Not required.

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

[Link: plan published in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed]

(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.