CHAPTER IIIMRLS APPLICABLE TO PRODUCTS OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ORIGIN
Article 20MRLs applicable to processed and/or composite products
1.
Where MRLs are not set out in F1Part 2 or 3 of the MRLs register in relation to a constituent territory for processed and/or composite food or feed, the MRLs applicable shall be those provided in Article 18(1) for the relevant product F2listed in Part 1 of the MRLs register in relation to that constituent territory, taking into account changes in the levels of pesticide residues caused by processing and/or mixing.
F32.
A competent authority may, in relation to its constituent territory—
(a)
specify concentration factors or dilution factors for—
(i)
specified processing or mixing operations, or
(ii)
specified processed or composite products;
(b)
modify or withdraw any such factors.
(3.
As soon as reasonably practicable after specifying, modifying or withdrawing concentration or dilution factors in accordance with paragraph 2 the competent authority must—
(a)
notify the other competent authorities of the specifying, modifying or withdrawing of the factors and the reason for that decision, and
(b)
update Part 6 of the MRLs register accordingly.
(4.
The Secretary of State may specify, modify or withdraw concentration or dilution factors in accordance with paragraph 2 instead of a competent authority—
(a)
in relation to Wales, with the consent of the Welsh Ministers;
(b)
in relation to Scotland, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers.
(5.
Where the Secretary of State specifies, modifies or withdraws concentration or dilution factors in accordance with paragraph 4, a reference in paragraph 3 to the competent authority is to be read as a reference to the Secretary of State.