State of EU approvals of GMO since May 2004
Dossier/
background
Product (click here for EU doc) Manufacturer Intended use Legal basis(1) Status 
NK603 maize  Monsanto  Food Import, feed, processing  258/97 2001/18 Commission approved October 2004 / July 2004
Bt11 maize  Syngenta    Food    258/97    Commission approved May 2004  
SOS factsheet GT73 oilseed rape  Monsanto    Import, feed, processing    2001/18    No conclusion in Reg. Comittee (2) and Council of Environment Ministers. Commission must decide.  
SOS factsheet MON863 maize  Monsanto    Food Import, use of grain & grain products    258/97 2001/18    Awaiting validation of detection method. No conclusion in Reg. Com. Commission must pass to Env. Council.  
MON863 x MON810 maize  Monsanto    Food, feed    1829/2003    EFSA considering. Opinion due June 2005  
MON863 x MON810 maize    Import, use of grain & grain products    2001/18    Positive EFSA opinion April 2004 Next step thus Reg. Comm.  
GA21 maize    Monsanto    Food    258/97    Commission to present to SCOFCAH (3)
1507 maize  Pioneer / Mycogen    Food Import, feed, processing, cultivation (Spain)  2001/18  Positive EFSA opinion January 2005. Next step thus Reg. Comm. Positive EFSA opinion September 2004.  
1507 maize  Pioneer / Mycogen   Import, processing (Netherlands)    1829/2003  Positive opinion from EFSA January 2005. Next step thus SCOFCAH.
bt10 dossier Bt11 maize  Sygenta    Cultivation, feed, processing    2001/18    EFSA needs additional information  
NK603 maize  x MON810  Monsanto    Food, feed Import, feed, processing (UK)
 Import, feed, processing, cultivation (Spain)  
 
 1829/2003 2001/18    Under completeness check by EFSA  
LLRICE62 rice  Bayer    Food, feed Import, feed, processing    1829/2003 2001/18    EFSA considering EFSA considering  
1507 x NK603 maize    Pioneer/Dow    Food, feed    1829/2003    Under completeness check by EFSA  
MON863 x NK603  Monsanto    Food, feed    1829/2003    EFSA considering  
MON863 x MON810 x NK603  Monsanto    Food, feed    1829/2003    EFSA considering  
H7-1 Roundup Ready sugar beet  Monsanto / KWS    Food, feed    1829/2003    Under completeness check by EFSA  
Ms8, Rf3, Ms8xRf3 oilseed rapes  Bayer    Import, feed, processing, cultivation    2001/18    Under completeness check by EFSA  
MON531 x MON1445 cotton  Monsanto    Food, feed    1829/2003    Under completeness check by EFSA  
MON15985, MON15985 x MON1445 cottons  Monsanto    Food, feed    1829/2003    Under completeness check by EFSA  
 59122 maize  Pioneer/Mycogen  Food, feed  1829/2003  Under completeness check by EFSA
MIR604 maize  Syngenta    Food, feed    1829/2003    Under completeness check by EFSA  
LLCotton25  Bayer    Food, feed    1829/2003    Under completeness check by EFSA  
Insect-resistant cotton (events 281-24-236 / 3006-210-23) Agrigenetics / Dow  Import, industrial processing  2001/18
Potato with altered starch, variety EH92-527-1  Amylogene    Cultivation, starch production (not for food)    2001/18    File received by EFSA  
 NK603 maize  Monsanto    Cultivation, import, feed, processing    2001/18    
Carnation, modified flower colour  Florigene    Import    2001/18    
Notes: (1) Regulation 258/97 on novel foods (superseeded by 1829/2003), Regulation 1829/2003 on GM food and feed, and Directive 2001/18 on release of GMOs into the environment. (2) Directive 2001/18 Regulatory Committee on GMO (3) Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.Member states cited where applications lodged in more than one place. 
Sources:  for 1829/2003   European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)  for 2001/18   Joint Research Centre
Last checked: 29.03.2005