CHAPTER VU.K.OFFICIAL CONTROLS, REPORTS AND SANCTIONS

SECTION 3U.K. [F1Competent authority] control programmes

Article 30U.K.[F2Competent authority] control programmes for pesticide residues

1.[F3Each 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)

[F4any Great Britain] control programme; and

(v)

the results of previous control programmes.

[F52.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.[F6Each competent authority] shall participate in [F7any Great Britain] control programme as provided for in Article 29. [F8Each competent authority] shall, on an annual basis, publish all results of [F9its] residue monitoring on the Internet. Where MRLs are exceeded, [F10a competent authority] may name the retailers, traders or producers concerned.

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