CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 2 Scope
1. This Regulation shall apply to products of plant and animal origin or parts thereof listed in Part 1 of the MRLs register in relation to a constituent territory to be used as fresh, processed and/or composite food or feed in or on which pesticide residues may be present.
Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
2. This Regulation shall not apply to the products listed in Part 1 of the MRLs register in relation to a constituent territory where it may be established by appropriate evidence that they are intended for:
(a) the manufacture of products other than food or feed; or
(b) sowing or planting; or
(c) activities authorised by national law for the testing of active substances.
Words in Art. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
3. Maximum residue levels for pesticides set in accordance with this Regulation shall not apply to products listed in Part 1 of the MRLs register in relation to a constituent territory intended for export ... and treated before export, where it has been established by appropriate evidence that the ... country of destination requires or agrees with that particular treatment in order to prevent the introduction of harmful organisms into its territory.
Words in Art. 2(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 2(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 2(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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Art. 2(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)