CHAPTER V

OFFICIAL CONTROLS, REPORTS AND SANCTIONS
SECTION 4

Information by the competent authorities and annual report

Information by the competent authorities
Article 31
1
Each competent authority shall submit the following information concerning the previous calendar year to the other competent authorities by 31 August each year:
a
the results of the official controls provided for in Article 26(1) , and the results of the analysis of samples tested in accordance with the competent authority's control programme and any Great Britain control programme;
b
the LODs applied in the competent authority's control programme referred to in Article 30 and under any Great Britain control programme referred to in Article 29;
c
details of the participation of the analytical laboratories in the ... proficiency tests referred to in Article 28(3) and other proficiency tests relevant to the pesticide-product combinations sampled in the competent authority's control programme;
d
details of the accreditation status of the analytical laboratories involved in the controls referred to in point (a);
e
where permitted by national legislation, details of enforcement measures taken.
2
The competent authorities may jointly issue guidance regarding the format and submission of information in accordance with paragraph 1.
3
The competent authorities must jointly publish any guidance issued under paragraph 2 in a manner which the competent authorities consider appropriate.
4
In submitting information in accordance with paragraph 1, a competent authority must have regard to any guidance issued under paragraph 2.
Words in Ch. 5 Section 4 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(9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(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(10)(b)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31 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(10)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 31(2)-(4) substituted for Art. 31(2) (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(10)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(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(10)(b)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(10)(b)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(5)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(10)(b)(iii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(10)(b)(iii)(bb) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(5)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 31(1)(c) 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), 7(10)(b)(iv)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(10)(b)(iv)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)