
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance sulfosulfuron, as specified in Annex I, is renewed, 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.
It shall apply from 1 January 2016.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 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
SulfosulfuronCAS No: 141776-32-1CIPAC No: 601 1-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)-3-(2-ethylsulfonylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-ylsulfonyl)urea ≥ 980 g/kgThe following relevant impurity must not exceed a certain threshold in the technical material:Phenol: < 2 g/kg 1 January 2016 31 December 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 sulfosulfuron, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the protection of groundwater, when the substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions;
— the risk to soil non-target macro-organisms other than earthworms, non-target terrestrial plants and aquatic organisms.

ANNEX II

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended as follows:

((1)) In Part A, entry 32 on sulfosulfuron is deleted.
((2)) In Part B, the following entry 89 is added:

 Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘89 SulfosulfuronCAS No: 141776-32-1CIPAC No: 601 1-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)-3-(2-ethylsulfonylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-ylsulfonyl)urea ≥ 980 g/kgThe following relevant impurity must not exceed a certain threshold in the technical material:Phenol: < 2 g/kg 1 January 2016 31 December 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 sulfosulfuron, and in particular Appendices I and II thereof shall be taken into account.In this overall assessment Member States shall pay particular attention to:
— the protection of groundwater, when the substance is applied in regions with vulnerable soil and/or climatic conditions;
— the risk to soil non-target macro-organisms other than earthworms, non-target terrestrial plants and aquatic organisms.’

