
Article 1 
The substance sucrose as specified in Annex I is approved as basic substance subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
Part C of 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, 22 August 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX I

Common name, identification numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Specific provisions
SucroseCAS no: 57-50-1 α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-fructofuranoside or β-D-fructofuranosyl-(2→1)-α-D-glucopyranoside Food grade 1 January 2015 Only uses as basic substance being an elicitor of the crop's natural defence mechanisms are approved.Sucrose shall be used in accordance with the specific conditions included in the conclusions of the review report on sucrose (SANCO/11406/2014) and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 11 July 2014.

ANNEX II

In Part C 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 Specific provisions
‘3 SucroseCAS no: 57-50-1 α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-fructofuranoside or β-D-fructofuranosyl-(2→1)-α-D-glucopyranoside Food grade 1 January 2015 Only uses as basic substance being an elicitor of the crop's natural defence mechanisms are approved.Sucrose shall be used in accordance with the specific conditions included in the conclusions of the review report on sucrose (SANCO/11406/2014) and in particular Appendices I and II thereof, as finalised in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 11 July 2014.’

