No L 37/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 2. 96 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 6 February 1996 concerning the placing on the market of a product consisting of a genetically modified organism, hybrid herbicide-tolerant swede-rape seeds (Brassica napus L. oleifera Metzq. MS1Bn x RF1Bn), pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (96/158/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 90/220/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms ('), as last amended by Commission Directive 94/15/EC (3, and in particular Article 13 thereof, Whereas, in accordance with Articles 10 to 18 of Direc- tive 90/220/EEC, there is a Community procedure enabling the competent authority of a Member State to give consent to the placing on the market of live products consisting of genetically modified organisms ; Whereas, a notification concerning the placing on the market of such a product (a hybrid herbicide-tolerant swede-rape marketed as seed) has been submitted to the competent authorities of the United Kingdom for the purpose of growing for obtaining seed but not for marke- ting for human food or animal feed; Whereas, the competent authorities of the United Kingdom has subsequently .forwarded the dossier thereon to the Commission with a favourable opinion ; Whereas the Commission has forwarded the dossier to the competent authorities of all Member States ; whereas () OJ No L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 1. () OF No L 103, 22. 4. 1994, p. 20. the competent authorities of other Member States have raised objections to the said dossier; Whereas the objections raised concern : — the assessment of the product’s effects on the pattern of use of chemical herbicides and the uncertainty concerning any resulting long-term environmental consequences, — the assessment of the health (toxicological) effects of the product if its is to be used for human food or animal feed, and — the labelling of the product; Whereas, therefore, in accordance with Article 13 (3), the Commission is required to take a decision in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21 of Directive 90/220/EEC; Whereas the authorization for use in the environment of chemical herbicides is subject to other Community legis- lation, and in particular Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (3), as last amended by Directive 94/43/EC (*); whereas, therefore, issues related to the authorization of the herbicide are not within the scope of Directive 90/220/EEC; () OJ No L 230, 19. 8. 1991, p. 1. () OJ No L 227, 1. 9. 1994, p. 31.