Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

[F1 Article 46A U.K. MRLs register

1. The competent authorities must jointly establish and maintain a register (“the MRLs register”) in accordance with this Article.

2. The MRLs register must be divided into seven Parts as follows.

3. Part 1 of the MRLs register must contain a list of products, product groups and (where appropriate) parts of products referred to in Article 4(1) in relation to each constituent territory, and each list must be divided into the following—

(a) Section A for entries relating to products of plant and animal origin;

(b) Section B for entries relating to other products.

4. An entry for a product in Section A of a list in Part 1 must contain the following information—

(a) a unique code number,

(b) the category to which the product relates,

(c) the group and (where applicable) the subgroup to which the product relates,

(d) the common name of the product,

(e) the scientific name of the product, and

(f) where applicable, the part of the product to which MRLs or temporary MRLs apply.

5. An entry for a product in Section B of a list in Part 1 must contain the following information—

(a) a unique code number,

(b) the common name of the product,

(c) the scientific name of the product, and

(d) a reference to the product in Section A of the list to which the same MRLs apply, including the information required by paragraph 4(a) to (c) in relation to that product.

6. Part 2 of the MRLs register must contain, in relation to each constituent territory, a list of MRLs set in accordance with Article 15(2)(b).

7. Part 3 of the MRLs register must contain, in relation to each constituent territory, a list of temporary MRLs set in accordance with Article 15(2)(a).

8. An entry on Part 2 or 3 of the MRLs register must contain—

(a) a maximum residue level expressed in mg/kg for each product, product group and (where appropriate) part of a product listed in a list in Part 1 of the MRLs register to which it relates;

(b) the date from which the MRL or temporary MRL applies in accordance with Article 14(1C) or (1D);

(c) where the MRL or temporary MRL continues to apply to a product produced before a certain date by virtue of an exemption under Article 17A, that date.

9. Part 4 of the MRLs register must contain the list of evaluated active substances referred to in Article 5(1) in relation to each constituent territory.

10. Part 5 of the MRLs register must contain a list of default values set in accordance with Article 18A in relation to each constituent territory.

11. An entry on the list—

(a) in Part 4 or 5 of the MRLs register which continues to apply to a product produced before a certain date by virtue of an exemption under Article 17A, must contain that date;

(b) in Part 5 of the MRLs register must contain a maximum residue level expressed in mg/kg for each product, product group and (where appropriate) part of a product listed in a list in Part 1 of the MRLs register to which the default values relate.

12. Part 6 of the MRLs register must contain a list of concentration or dilution factors set in accordance with Article 20 in relation to each constituent territory.

13. Part 7 of the MRLs register must contain a list of combinations of active substances and products set for the purposes of Article 18(3) in relation to each constituent territory.

14. An entry on the list in Part 7 of the MRLs register for a combination must contain—

(a) an active substance,

(b) each product listed in a list in Part 1 of the MRLs register relating to the combination, and

(c) for each product included in accordance with point (b), the unique code number for that product as provided in the relevant entry in a list in Part 1 of the MRLs register.

15. Where any information to be contained in a list or entry in a Part of the MRLs register in accordance with this Article is the same in relation to one or more constituent territories, a single list or entry (as the case may be) of that information may be established and maintained instead in the relevant Part.

16. A list or entry of information established and maintained in a Part of the MRLs register in accordance with paragraph 15 must—

(a) comply with any of the requirements in paragraphs 3 to 14 relevant to that Part, and

(b) indicate each of the constituent territories to which it relates.

17. The MRLs register must contain a search facility.

18. The competent authorities must make the MRLs register available for inspection by the public on a website jointly maintained by the competent authorities.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Arts. 46-46B substituted for Art. 46 (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 9(4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)