CHAPTER VU.K.OFFICIAL CONTROLS, REPORTS AND SANCTIONS

SECTION 1U.K.Official controls of MRLs

Article 26U.K.Official controls

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

Article 27U.K.Sampling

1.Each [F3competent authority] shall take a sufficient number and range of samples to ensure that the results are representative of the market, taking into account the results of previous control programmes. Such sampling shall be carried out as close to the point of supply as is reasonable, to allow for any subsequent enforcement action to be taken.

F42.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Article 28U.K.Methods of analysis

F41.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F42.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F53.All laboratories analysing samples for the official controls on pesticide residues must—

(a)have regard to any relevant guidance;

(b)participate in any proficiency tests for pesticides organised by a competent authority.]

Textual Amendments

SECTION 2U.K. [F6Great Britain] control programme

Article 29U.K.[F7Great Britain] control programme

1.The [F8competent authorities may jointly] prepare a coordinated multiannual [F9Great Britain] control programme, identifying specific samples to be included in the [F10competent authority] control programmes and taking into account problems that have been identified regarding compliance with the MRLs [F11in relation to each constituent territory], with a view to assessing consumer exposure and the application of current legislation.

[F122.The competent authorities must jointly publish a Great Britain control programme prepared in accordance with paragraph 1—

(a)in a manner which the competent authorities consider appropriate, and

(b)at least six months before the end of the calendar year before the first year covered by the control programme.]

Textual Amendments

Textual Amendments

SECTION 3U.K. [F13Competent authority] control programmes

Article 30U.K.[F14Competent authority] control programmes for pesticide residues

1.[F15Each competent authority must establish multiannual control programmes for pesticide residues in its constituent territory, and must update its multiannual programme every year.]

Those programmes shall be risk-based and aimed in particular at assessing consumer exposure and compliance with current legislation. They shall specify at least the following:

(a)the products to be sampled;

(b)the number of samples to be taken and analyses to be carried out;

(c)the pesticides to be analysed;

(d)the criteria applied in drawing up such programmes, including:

(i)

the pesticide-product combinations to be selected;

(ii)

the number of samples taken for domestic and non-domestic products respectively;

(iii)

consumption of the products as a share of the national diet;

(iv)

[F16any Great Britain] control programme; and

(v)

the results of previous control programmes.

[F172.A competent authority must submit its proposed updated control programme to the other competent authorities at least three months before the end of each calendar year.]

3.[F18Each competent authority] shall participate in [F19any Great Britain] control programme as provided for in Article 29. [F20Each competent authority] shall, on an annual basis, publish all results of [F21its] residue monitoring on the Internet. Where MRLs are exceeded, [F22a competent authority] may name the retailers, traders or producers concerned.

Textual Amendments

Textual Amendments

SECTION 4U.K.Information by the [F23competent authorities] and annual report

Article 31U.K.Information by the [F24competent authorities]

1.[F25Each competent authority] shall submit the following information concerning the previous calendar year to the [F26other competent authorities] by 31 August each year:

(a)the results of the official controls provided for in Article 26(1) [F27, 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 [F28competent authority's control programme] referred to in Article 30 and under [F29any Great Britain] control programme referred to in Article 29;

(c)details of the participation of the analytical laboratories in the F30... proficiency tests referred to in Article 28(3) and other proficiency tests relevant to the pesticide-product combinations sampled in the [F31competent 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.

[F322.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.]

Textual Amendments

Article 32U.K.The Annual Report on Pesticide Residues

1.On the basis of the information provided F33... under Article 31(1) the [F34competent authorities must jointly] draw up an Annual Report on pesticide residues.

2.The [F35competent 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) [F36, 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 [F37any] 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 F38....

[F392A. 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 ]

F403.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F404.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F405.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F406.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F417.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.]

Textual Amendments

F42Article 33U.K.Submission of the Annual Report on Pesticide Residues to the Committee

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Textual Amendments

F43SECTION 5U.K.Sanctions

F43Article 34U.K.Sanctions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments