CHAPTER III U.K. MRLS APPLICABLE TO PRODUCTS OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ORIGIN

Article 20 U.K. MRLs applicable to processed and/or composite products

1. Where MRLs are not set out in [F1 Part 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 [F2 listed 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.

[F3 2. 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.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Art. 20(2)-(5) substituted for Art. 20(2) (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(4)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)