CHAPTER I U.K. SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

[F2 Article 4 U.K. List of groups of products for which F1 ... MRLs shall apply

1. The products, product groups and/or parts of products referred to in Article 2(1) to which [F3 MRLs apply in relation to a constituent territory must be established and maintained by the competent authority in a list in Part 1 of the MRLs register]. F4 ... [F5 A list in Part 1 of the MRLs register in relation to a constituent territory] shall include all products for which MRLs are set, as well as the other products for which it is appropriate to apply F6 ... MRLs, in particular in view of their relevance in the diet of consumers or in trade. Products shall be grouped in such a way that MRLs may as far as possible be set for a group of similar or related products.]

[F7 2. A competent authority may add, amend or remove an entry from the list in Part 1 of the MRLs register accordingly as the competent authority considers appropriate.

3. The Secretary of State may exercise a function under this Article instead of the 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.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Art. 4 heading 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), 3(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 299/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission.

F3 Words in Art. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Art. 4(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), 3(6)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in Art. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(b)(iii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Word in Art. 4(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), 3(6)(b)(iii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Art. 4(2)(3) substituted for Art. 4(2) (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(2)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)