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Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 32U.K.The Annual Report on Pesticide Residues
1.On the basis of the information provided F1... under Article 31(1) the [F2competent authorities must jointly] draw up an Annual Report on pesticide residues.
2.The [F3competent authorities] shall include information on at least the following in the Annual Report:
(a)an analysis of the results of the controls provided for in Article 26(2) [F4, and of the results of the analysis of samples tested in accordance with each competent authority's control programme and any Great Britain control programme];
(b)a statement of the possible reasons why [F5any] MRLs were exceeded, together with any appropriate observations regarding risk management options;
(c)an analysis of chronic and acute risks to the health of consumers from pesticide residues;
(d)an assessment of consumer exposure to pesticide residues based on the information provided under point (a) and any other relevant available information F6....
[F72A. For the purpose of the first annual report under paragraph 1, paragraph 2(a) is to be read as if for “in accordance with each competent authority’s control programme and any Great Britain control programme” there were substituted “by the United Kingdom as an EU member State in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/533 concerning a coordinated multiannual control programme of the Union for 2020, 2021 and 2022 to ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin as it had effect immediately before IP completion day ]
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[F97.The competent authorities must jointly publish the Annual Report by the 31st October of the second year following the year to which the information in the Annual Report relates.]
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F1Words in Art. 32(1) 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(11)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 32(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(11)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(11)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 32(2)(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(11)(b)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(5)(d)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Word in Art. 32(2)(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(11)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 32(2)(d) 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(11)(b)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Art. 32(2A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(11)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(5)(e)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Art. 32(3)-(6) 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(11)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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