Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/543 of 1 April 2015 approving the active substance COS-OGA, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 Text with EEA relevance

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/543
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Approval of active substance

The active substance COS-OGA, as specified in Annex I, is approved subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2 Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3 Entry into force and date of application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers

IUPAC Name

Purity  ( 1 )

Date of approval

Expiration of approval

Specific provisions

COS-OGA

CAS No: not allocated

CIPAC No: 979

Linear copolymer of α-1,4-D-galactopyranosyluronic acids and methylesterified galactopyranosyluronic acids (9 to 20 residues) with linear copolymer β-1,4-linked 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose (5 to 10 residues).

≥ 915 g/kg

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OGA/COS ratio comprised between 1 and 1,6

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Degree of polymerisation of COS comprised between 5 and 10

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Degree of polymerisation of OGA comprised between 9 and 20

—

Degree of methylation of OGA < 10 %

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Degree of acetylation of COS < 50 %

22 April 2015

22 April 2030

For the implementation of the uniform principles as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on COS-OGA, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.

( 1 )   Further details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

In Part D of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, the following entry is added:

Number

Common Name, Identification Numbers

IUPAC Name

Purity  ( *1 )

Date of approval

Expiration of approval

Specific provisions

‘2

COS-OGA

CAS No: not allocated

CIPAC No: 979

Linear copolymer of α-1,4-D-galactopyranosyluronic acids and methylesterified galactopyranosyluronic acids (9 to 20 residues) with linear copolymer β-1,4-linked 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose (5 to 10 residues).

≥ 915 g/kg

—

OGA/COS ratio comprised between 1 and 1,6

—

Degree of polymerisation of COS comprised between 5 and 10

—

Degree of polymerisation of OGA comprised between 9 and 20

—

Degree of methylation of OGA < 10 %

—

Degree of acetylation of COS < 50 %

22 April 2015

22 April 2030

For the implementation of the uniform principles as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the conclusions of the review report on COS-OGA, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.’

( *1 )   Further details on identity and specification of active substance are provided in the review report.