
Article 1 
The active substance COS-OGA, 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, 1 April 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
COS-OGACAS No: not allocatedCIPAC 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.

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 Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘2 COS-OGACAS No: not allocatedCIPAC 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.’

