1.[F1Each competent authority] shall carry out official controls on pesticide residues in order to enforce compliance with this Regulation, in accordance with the relevant provisions of [F2assimilated] law relating to official controls for food and feed.
2.Such controls on pesticide residues shall, in particular, consist of sampling and subsequent analysis of the samples and identification of the pesticides present and their respective residue levels. Such controls shall also be carried out at the point of supply to the consumer.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 26(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(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in Art. 26(1) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 72