L 302/38 Official Journal of the European Union 13.11.2013 DECISIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 6 November 2013 authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize MON89034 x 1507 x NK603 (MON-89034-3 x DAS-@1507-1 x MON-@@603-6) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2013) 4719) (Only the Dutch, English and French texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/648EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed ('), and in particular Article 7(3) and Article 19(3) thereof, Whereas: On 29 January 2009, Dow AgroSciences Ltd on behalf of Dow AgroSciences LLC and Monsanto Europe S.A. on behalf of Monsanto Company submitted to the competent authority of the Netherlands an application, in accordance with Article 5 and Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, for the placing on the market of foods, food ingredients and feed containing, consisting of, or produced from MON89034 x 1507 x NK603 maize (the application’). The application also covered all possible combinations of the single GM events. The application also covers the placing on the market of products other than food and feed containing or consistent of MON89034 x 1507 x NK603 maize for the same uses as any other maize with the exception of cultivation. Therefore, in accordance with Article 5(5) and Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, it includes the data and information required by Annexes II and IV to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on () O] L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1. the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC (3 and information and conclusions about the risk assessment carried out in accordance with the principles set out in Annex II to Directive 2001/18/EC. It also includes a monitoring plan for environmental effects conforming with Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC. GM crop plants which contain two or more different single GM events are called GM stacks. The harvest from maize GM stacks has specific features due to the reproductive biology of maize. When for example seeds of a maize GM stack with three different single GM events are cultivated, the resulting harvest contains not just grains with all three different GM events, but also grains containing only one or two different single GM events, and grains that do not contain any of the three single GM events (negative segregants). An authorisation of a maize GM stack should therefore cover all possible combinations of its single GM events, with the exception of those already authorised. Each of the GM maizes with a single GM event, and each of the combinations of the single GM events are to be considered as being a specific GMO in the meaning of Article 3(1) and Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. According to Article 4(2) and Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, no GMO for food use or food referred in Article 3(1) or for feed use or feed referred in Article 15(1) can be placed on the market unless it is covered by an authorisation granted in accordance with the Regulation. It should therefore be ensured that all possible combinations of the single GM events constituting it are authorised when the GM stack is authorised. () O] L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1.