# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2013 of 3 April 2013 on applications for authorisation of genetically modified food and feed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 641/2004 and (EC) No 1981/2006 (Text with EEA relevance), Division A: The method(s) shall refer to all the methodological steps needed to analyse the relevant food and feed material in accordance with Articles 5(3)(i) and 17(3)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For a particular food or feed material, the methodological steps shall include the methods for DNA extraction and the subsequent quantification in a real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) System. In such a case, the whole process from extraction up to the PCR-technique shall constitute a method. The applicant shall provide information about the whole method.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/503/annex/III/division/3/division/3.1/division/A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-503/annex-III/division-3/division-3.1/division-A
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