L 39/46 Official Journal of the European Union 8.2.2014 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 120/2014 of 7 February 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 on detailed rules for the implementation of Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards the Community reference laboratory for genetically modified organisms (Text with EEA relevance) 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 32, second subparagraph and fifth subpara- graph, thereof, Whereas: (1) Detailed rules for implementing Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 were set out by Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 1981/2006 (), as amended by Imple- menting Regulation (EU) No 503/2013 (}). It is necessary to update those rules, in particular regarding the financial contributions of applicants, in order to take into account changes in the costs incurred when testing and validating methods for detection, and changes in the allocation of tasks in the Member States. (2)  The Regulation should also take into account the growing number of GMOs containing stacked trans- formation events with an increasing combination of single transformation events. (3) It is necessary to update the list of designated national reference laboratories to assist the Community Reference Laboratory referred to in in the first paragraph of Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (CRL) for testing and validation of detection methods in order to take account of changes of designation of national reference laboratories by Member States and to include those in the Member States which recently joined the Union. (4 Transitional measures should be laid down to allow applicants who have received the acknowledgement of the application for an authorisation by the national OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1. (%) OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 99. OJ L 157, 8.6.2013, p. 1. competent authority according to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 before the entry into force of this Regulation to pay the financial contributions according to Regu- lation (EC) No 1981/2006. Due consideration should be given to public research institutions established in the EU applying for GMO authorisations related to projects mainly financed by the public sector, and a reduction of the amount of the financial contribution should therefore be foreseen in such cases. Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food chain and Animal Health, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 2, point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘() “full validation procedure” means: (i) the assessment, through a ring trial according to international  standards,  involving  national reference laboratories of the method performance criteria set by the applicant as compliant with the document entitled “Definition of minimum performance requirements for analytical methods of GMO testing” (¥) referred to: — in the case of genetically modified plants for food or feed uses, food or feed containing or consisting of genetically modified plants and food produced from or containing ingredients produced from genetically modified plants or feed produced from genetically modified plants, in point 3.1.C.4. of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2013 (*);