Woden, ACT, Australia
February 17, 2006
Application for Licence for
Commercial Release of GMOs Into the Environment: Application No.
DIR 059/2005 Commercial release of herbicide tolerant (Roundup
Ready Flex® MON 88913) and herbicide tolerant/insect resistant
(Roundup Ready Flex® MON 88913/Bollgard II®) cotton south of
latitude 22° South in Australia
DECISION
ON ISSUING A LICENCE FOR APPLICATION DIR 059/2005
The Gene Technology
Regulator (the Regulator) has made a decision to issue a licence
in respect of application DIR 059/2005 from Monsanto Australia
Ltd. The applicant has received approval for the commercial
release of genetically modified (GM) herbicide tolerant
(Roundup Ready Flex®)
and herbicide
tolerant/insect resistant cotton
(Roundup Ready Flex®/ Bollgard II®)
on an unrestricted
basis south of latitude 22° South. The licence also permits the
use of seed from the GM cotton plants as stockfeed, including in
northern Australia where measures to limit spread and
persistence of the GMOs have been imposed.
The decision
to issue the licence was made after extensive consultation on
the Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) with the
public, State and Territory governments, Australian Government
agencies, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, the
Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee and relevant local
councils, as required by the Gene Technology Act 2000.
Issues relating to
the health and safety of people and the protection of the
environment raised during the consultation process on this
application were considered in finalising the RARMP and in
making the decision to issue the licence.
The Executive
Summary, Technical Summary, the complete finalised RARMP,
together with the licence conditions, a set of Questions and
Answers on this decision and a map of current cotton growing
shires can be obtained on-line from the Office of the Gene
Technology Regulator’s website or requested via the contacts
detailed below.
Office of the Gene Technology Regulator
MDP 54 PO Box 100
WODEN ACT 2606
Telephone: 1800 181 030
Facsimile: 02 6271 4202
http://www.ogtr.gov.au
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