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Commission Directive 2007/62/EC

of 4 October 2007

amending certain Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for bifenazate, pethoxamid, pyrimethanil and rimsulfuron

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals(1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27 November 1990 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables(2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(3), and in particular Article 4(1)(f) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The following active substances have been included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC: pyrimethanil, pethoxamid, bifenazate and rimsulfuron by Commission Directives 2006/74/EC(4), 2006/41/EC(5), 2005/58/EC(6), and 2006/39/EC(7) respectively.

(2) The inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC of the active substances concerned was based on the assessment of the information submitted concerning the proposed use. Information relating to that use has been submitted by certain Member States in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of that Directive. The information available has been reviewed and is sufficient to allow certain maximum residue levels (MRLs) to be fixed.

(3) Where no Community MRL or provisional MRL exists, Member States are to establish a national provisional MRL in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Directive 91/414/EEC before plant protection products containing these active substances may be authorised.

(4) Community MRLs and the levels recommended by the Codex Alimentarius are fixed and evaluated following similar procedures. There are a number of Codex MRLs for bifenazate. The MRLs based on Codex MRLs have been evaluated in the light of the risks for the consumers. No risk was established when using the toxicological end points based on the studies available to the Commission.

(5) The Commission review reports which were prepared for the inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC of the active substances concerned, fixed the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) and, if necessary, the Acute Reference Dose (ARfD) for those substances. The exposure of consumers of food products treated with the active substance concerned has been assessed in accordance with Community procedures. Account has also been taken of guidelines published by the World Health Organisation(8) and the opinion of the Scientific Committee for Plants(9) on the methodology employed. It is concluded that MRLs proposed will not lead to those ADIs or ARfD being exceeded.

(6) In order to ensure that the consumer is adequately protected from exposure to residues resulting from unauthorised uses of plant protection products, provisional MRLs should be set for the relevant product/pesticide combinations at the lower limit of analytical determination.

(7) The setting at Community level of such provisional MRLs does not prevent the Member States from establishing provisional MRLs for the substances concerned in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Directive 91/414/EEC and Annex VI to that Directive. It is considered that a period of four years is sufficient to permit further uses of the active substance concerned. The provisional MRLs should then become definitive.

(8) It is therefore necessary to modify the MRLs set out in the Annexes to Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC, to allow for proper surveillance and control of the prohibition of their uses and to protect the consumer.

(9) Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(10) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1 U.K.

Annex II to Directive 86/362/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.

Article 2 U.K.

Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.

Article 3 U.K.

Member States shall adopt and publish, by 5 April 2008 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from 6 April 2008.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Article 4 U.K.

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 5 U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 October 2007.

For the Commission

Markos Kyprianou

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I U.K.

In Part A of Annex II to Directive 86/362/EEC, the following lines for bifenazate, pethoxamid, pyrimethanil and rimsulfuron are added:

a Indicates lower limit of analytical determination.
b Indicates provisional maximum residue level in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Directive 91/414/EEC: unless amended, this level will become definitive with effect from 25 October 2011.’
‘Pesticide residues	Maximum levels in mg/kg
Bifenazate	0,01a b CEREALS
Pethoxamid	0,01a b CEREALS
Pyrimethanil	0,05a b CEREALS
Rimsulfuron	0,05a b CEREALS

ANNEX II U.K.

In Part A of Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC, the following columns for bifenazate, pethoxamid, pyrimethanil and rimsulfuron are added:

a Indicates lower limit of analytical determination.
b Indicates provisional maximum residue level in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Directive 91/414/EEC: unless amended, this level will become definitive with effect from 25 October 2011.’
	‘Pesticide residues and maximum residue levels (mg/kg)
Groups and examples of individual products to which the MRLs apply	Bifenazate	Pethoxamid	Pyrimethanil	Rimsulfuron
1. Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar; nuts		0,01a b		0,05a b
(i) CITRUS FRUIT	0,01a b		10b
Grapefruit
Lemons
Limes
Mandarins (including clementines and other hybrids)
Oranges
Pomelos
Others
(ii) TREE NUTS (shelled or unshelled)	0,01a b
Almonds			0,2b
Brazil nuts
Cashew nuts
Chestnuts
Coconuts
Hazelnuts
Macadamia
Pecans
Pine nuts
Pistachios			0,2b
Walnuts
Others			0,05a b
(iii) POME FRUIT	0,01a b		5b
Apples
Pears
Quinces
Others
(iv) STONE FRUIT	0,01a b
Apricots			3b
Cherries
Peaches (including nectarines and similar hybrids)			10b
Plums			3b
Others			0,05a b
(v) BERRIES AND SMALL FRUIT
(a) Table and wine grapes	0,01a b		5b
Table grapes
Wine grapes
(b) Strawberries (other than wild)	2b		5b
(c) Cane fruit (other than wild)	0,01a b
Blackberries			10b
Dewberries
Loganberries
Raspberries			10b
Others			0,05a b
(d) Other small fruit & berries (other than wild)	0,01a b		5b
Bilberries
Cranberries
Currants (red, black and white)
Gooseberries
Others
(e) Wild berries and wild fruit	0,01a b		0,05a b
(vi) MISCELLANEOUS	0,01a b
Avocados
Bananas			0,1b
Dates
Figs
Kiwi
Kumquats
Litchis
Mangoes
Olives (table consumption)
Olives (oil extraction)
Papaya
Passion fruit
Pineapples
Pomegranate
Others			0,05a b
2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry		0,01a b		0,05a b
(i) ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES	0,01a b
Beetroot
Carrots			1b
Cassava
Celeriac
Horseradish
Jerusalem artichokes
Parsnips
Parsley root
Radishes
Salsify
Sweet potatoes
Swedes
Turnips
Yam
Others			0,05a b
(ii) BULB VEGETABLES	0,01a b
Garlic
Onions			0,1b
Shallots
Spring onions
Others			0,05a b
(iii) FRUITING VEGETABLES
(a) Solanacea
Tomatoes	0,5b		1b
Peppers	2b		2b
Aubergines	0,5b		1b
Okra
Others	0,01a b		0,05a b
(b) Cucurbits — edible peel	0,3b		1b
Cucumbers
Gherkins
Courgettes
Others
(c) Cucurbits — inedible peel	0,01a b		0,05a b
Melons
Squashes
Watermelons
Others
(d) Sweetcorn	0,01a b		0,05a b
(iv) BRASSICA VEGETABLES	0,01a b		0,05a b
(a) Flowering brassica
Broccoli (including Calabrese)
Cauliflower
Others
(b) Head brassica
Brussels sprouts
Head cabbage
Others
(c) Leafy brassica
Chinese cabbage
Kale
Others
(d) Kohlrabi
(v) LEAF VEGETABLES AND FRESH HERBS	0,01a b
(a) Lettuce and similar
Cress
Lamb's lettuce
Lettuce			10b
Scarole (broad-leaf endive)
Rocket
Leaves and stems of brassica, including turnip greens
Others			0,05a b
(b) Spinach and similar			0,05a b
Spinach
Beet leaves (chard)
Others
(c) Watercress			0,05a b
(d) Witloof			0,05a b
(e) Herbs			3b
Chervil
Chives
Parsley
Celery leaves
Others
(vi) LEGUME VEGETABLES (fresh)	0,01a b
Beans (with pods)			2b
Beans (without pods)
Peas (with pods)
Peas (without pods)			0,2b
Others			0,05a b
(vii) STEM VEGETABLES (fresh)	0,01a b
Asparagus
Cardoons
Celery
Fennel
Globe artichokes
Leeks			1b
Rhubarb
Others			0,05a b
(viii) FUNGI	0,01a b		0,05a b
(a) Cultivated mushrooms
(b) Wild mushrooms
3. Pulses	0,01a b	0,01a b	0,5b	0,05a b
Beans
Lentils
Peas
Lupines
Others
4. Oilseeds	0,02a b	0,01a b	0,1a b	0,05a b
Linseed
Peanuts
Poppy seed
Sesame seed
Sunflower seed
Rape seed
Soya bean
Mustard seed
Cotton seed
Hemp seed
Pumpkin seed
Others
5. Potatoes	0,01a b	0,01a b	0,05a b	0,05a b
Early potatoes
Ware potatoes
6. Tea (dried leaves and stalks, fermented or otherwise, Camellia sinensis)	0,02a b	0,02a b	0,1a b	0,1b
7. Hops (dried), including hop pellets and unconcentrated powder	0,02a b	0,02a b	0,1a b	0,1a b

(1)

OJ L 221, 7.8.1986, p. 37. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2007/57/EC (OJ L 243, 18.9.2007, p. 61).

(2)

OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 71. Directive as last amended by Directive 2007/57/EC.

(3)

OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2007/52/EC (OJ L 214, 17.8.2007, p. 3).

(4)

OJ L 235, 30.8.2006, p. 17.

(5)

OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 24.

(6)

OJ L 246, 22.9.2005, p. 17.

(7)

OJ L 104, 13.4.2006, p. 30.

(8)

Guidelines for predicting dietary intake of pesticide residues (revised), prepared by the GEMS/Food Programme in collaboration with the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, published by the World Health Organisation 1997 (WHO/FSF/FOS/97.7).

(9)

Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Plants regarding questions relating to amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC (Opinion expressed by the Scientific Committee on Plants, 14 July 1998) (http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/index_en.html).