
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, 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 genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3;
((b)) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3;
((c)) products containing or consisting of genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3 for uses other 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 ‘soybean’.
2. The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the documents accompanying the products containing or consisting of genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3, with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.
Article 4 
The method set out in point (d) of the Annex shall apply for the detection of genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3.
Article 5 

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 the format set out in Decision 2009/770/EC.
Article 6 
The information set out in the Annex shall be entered in the Community register of genetically modified food and feed, as referred to in Article 28(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
Article 7 
The authorisation holder shall be BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC, United States, represented in the Union by BASF SE, Germany.
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 BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Str. 38, D-67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Done at Brussels, 28 November 2019.
For the Commission,
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
(a) 
NameBASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLCAddress100 Park Avenue, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932, United States of America

Represented by BASF SE, Carl-Bosch-Str. 38, D-67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany.

(b) 

((1)) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3;
((2)) feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3;
((3)) products containing or consisting of genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3 for uses other than those provided in points (1) and (2), with the exception of cultivation.

The genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3 expresses the pat gene which confers tolerance to glufosinate-ammonium based herbicides.

(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 ‘soybean’.
((2)) The words ‘not for cultivation’ shall appear on the label of and in the documents accompanying the products containing or consisting of genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3, with the exception of products referred to in point (b)(1) of this Annex.

(d) 

((1)) Event specific real-time PCR based method for the detection of genetically modified soybean ACS-GMØØ5-3.
((2)) Validated by the EU reference laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/StatusOfDossiers.aspx
((3)) Reference Material: AOCS 0707-A and AOCS 0707-B accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at https://www.aocs.org/crm

(e) 
ACS-GMØØ5-3

(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 in accordance with Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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