Setting an import tolerance for 2,4‐D in soyabeans

In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Dow AgroSciences submitted a request to the competent national authority in Greece to set an import tolerance for the active substance 2,4-D in genetically modified (GM) soyabeans imported from Canada and the USA. The genetic modification confers tolerance to the herbicide 2,4-D. The data submitted in support of the request provided sufficient evidence to conclude that residues of parent 2,4-D and of the metabolite 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP), which was found in the GM soybeans treated with 2,4-D, are unlikely to present a risk for consumers. Sufficiently validated analytical methods are available to enforce the proposed maximum residue level (MRL) in soybeans.