
Article 1 
The active substance sulfoxaflor, as specified in Annex I, is approved subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 July 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I

Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
SulfoxaflorCAS No: 946578-00-3CIPAC No: 820 [methyl(oxo){1-[6-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridyl]ethyl}-λ6-sulfanylidene]cyanamide ≥ 950 g/kg 18 August 2015 18 August 2025 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 sulfoxaflor, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
((a)) the risk to bees and other non-target arthropods;
((b)) the risk to bees and bumble bees released for pollination, when the substance is applied in glasshouses.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.The applicant shall submit confirmatory information as regards:
((a)) the risk to honey bees via the different routes of exposure, in particular nectar, pollen, guttation fluid and dust;
((b)) risk to honey bees foraging in nectar or pollen in succeeding crops and flowering weeds;
((c)) the risk to pollinators other than honey bees;
((d)) the risk to bee brood.The applicant shall submit that information to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority by 18 August 2017.

ANNEX II

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

Number Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘88 SulfoxaflorCAS No: 946578-00-3CIPAC No: 820 [methyl(oxo){1-[6-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridyl]ethyl}-λ6-sulfanylidene]cyanamide ≥ 950 g/kg 18 August 2015 18 August 2025 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 sulfoxaflor, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
((a)) the risk to bees and other non-target arthropods;
((b)) the risk to bees and bumble bees released for pollination, when the substance is applied in glasshouses.Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.The applicant shall submit confirmatory information as regards:
((a)) the risk to honey bees via the different routes of exposure, in particular nectar, pollen, guttation fluid and dust;
((b)) risk to honey bees foraging in nectar or pollen in succeeding crops and flowering weeds;
((c)) the risk to pollinators other than honey bees;
((d)) the risk to bee brood.The applicant shall submit that information to the Commission, the Member States and the Authority by 18 August 2017.’

