Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

SECTION 3 U.K. [F1 Competent authority] control programmes

Article 30 U.K. [F2 Competent authority] control programmes for pesticide residues

1. [F3 Each competent authority must establish multiannual control programmes for pesticide residues in its constituent territory, and must update its multiannual programme every year.]

Those programmes shall be risk-based and aimed in particular at assessing consumer exposure and compliance with current legislation. They shall specify at least the following:

(a) the products to be sampled;

(b) the number of samples to be taken and analyses to be carried out;

(c) the pesticides to be analysed;

(d) the criteria applied in drawing up such programmes, including:

(i)

the pesticide-product combinations to be selected;

(ii)

the number of samples taken for domestic and non-domestic products respectively;

(iii)

consumption of the products as a share of the national diet;

(iv)

[F4 any Great Britain] control programme; and

(v)

the results of previous control programmes.

[F5 2. A competent authority must submit its proposed updated control programme to the other competent authorities at least three months before the end of each calendar year.]

3. [F6 Each competent authority] shall participate in [F7 any Great Britain] control programme as provided for in Article 29. [F8 Each competent authority] shall, on an annual basis, publish all results of [F9 its] residue monitoring on the Internet. Where MRLs are exceeded, [F10 a competent authority] may name the retailers, traders or producers concerned.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Art. 30 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Art. 30(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(8)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Art. 30(1)(d)(iv) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(8)(b)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(5)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Art. 30(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(8)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in Art. 30(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(8)(d)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Words in Art. 30(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(8)(d)(i)(bb) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(5)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Words in Art. 30(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(8)(d)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F9 Word in Art. 30(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(8)(d)(ii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10 Words in Art. 30(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(8)(d)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Ch. 5 Section 3 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)