
Article 1 
The active substance Mild Pepino Mosaic Virus isolate VX1, 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, 8 March 2017.
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
Mild Pepino Mosaic Virus isolate VX1Reference number DSM 26974 in the German Collection of Micro-organisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ) Not applicable Nicotine < 0,1 mg/L 29 March 2017 29 March 2032 Only the use in greenhouses may be authorised.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 Mild Pepino Mosaic Virus isolate VX1, 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 operators and workers, taking into account that Mild Pepino Mosaic Virus isolate VX1 is to be considered, as any microorganism, a potential sensitizer. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.Strict maintenance of environmental conditions and quality control analysis during the manufacturing process shall be assured by the producer.

ANNEX II

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

 Common Name, Identification Numbers IUPAC Name Purity Date of approval Expiration of approval Specific provisions
‘9 Mild Pepino Mosaic Virus isolate VX1Reference number DSM 26974 in the German Collection of Micro-organisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ) Not applicable Nicotine < 0,1 mg/L 29 March 2017 29 March 2032 Only the use in greenhouses may be authorised.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 Mild Pepino Mosaic Virus isolate VX1, 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 operators and workers, taking into account that Mild Pepino Mosaic Virus isolate VX1 is to be considered, as any microorganism, a potential sensitizer. Conditions of use shall include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.Strict maintenance of environmental conditions and quality control analysis during the manufacturing process shall be assured by the producer.’

