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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^note, and in particular to Article 9(2) and Article 21(2) thereof,Whereas:

(1)Pioneer Overseas Corporation, based in Belgium, is the representative in the Union of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., based in the United States, as regards the authorisations for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from certain genetically modified organisms, granted by Commission Implementing Decisions (EU) 2015/698^note, (EU) 2017/2448^note, (EU) 2017/2452^note, (EU) 2018/1109^note, (EU) 2018/1110^note, (EU) 2019/1304^note, (EU) 2019/1306^note and (EU) 2021/1388^note.

(2)Dow AgroSciences Distribution S.A.S., based in France, is the representative in the Union of Dow AgroSciences LLC, based in the United States, as regards the authorisations for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from certain genetically modified organisms, granted by Implementing Decisions (EU) 2017/2452, (EU) 2018/1109 and (EU) 2019/1306.

(3)By letter dated 22 March 2021, Corteva Agriscience LLC informed the Commission that, as of 1 January 2021, Dow AgroSciences LLC had changed its name to Corteva Agriscience LLC.

(4)By letter dated 1 November 2021, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. requested that the Commission transfers the rights and obligations of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. pertaining to all authorisations and pending applications for genetically modified products, to Corteva Agriscience LLC.

(5)By letter dated 1 November 2021, Corteva Agriscience LLC informed the Commission that, as of 1 November 2021, its representative in the Union is Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV, based in Belgium.

(6)The requested changes are purely administrative in nature and therefore do not entail a new assessment of the products concerned.

(7)Implementing Decisions (EU) 2015/698, (EU) 2017/2448, (EU) 2017/2452, (EU) 2018/1109, (EU) 2018/1110, (EU) 2019/1304, (EU) 2019/1306 and (EU) 2021/1388 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1Amendments to Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/698#

Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/698 is amended as follows:

(1)Article 7 is replaced by the following:‘Article 7Authorisation holderThe authorisation holder shall be Corteva Agriscience LLC, United States, represented in the Union by Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV.’

(2)Article 9 is replaced by the following:‘Article 9AddresseeThis Decision is addressed to Corteva Agriscience LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-1054, United States, represented in the Union by Corteva Agriscience Belgium BV, Bedrijvenlaan 9, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium.’