CHAPTER V

OFFICIAL CONTROLS, REPORTS AND SANCTIONS
SECTION 4

Information by the competent authorities and annual report

Information by the competent authorities
Article 31
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Each competent authority shall submit the following information concerning the previous calendar year to the other competent authorities by 31 August each year:
a
the results of the official controls provided for in Article 26(1) , 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 competent authority's control programme referred to in Article 30 and under any Great Britain control programme referred to in Article 29;
c
details of the participation of the analytical laboratories in the ... proficiency tests referred to in Article 28(3) and other proficiency tests relevant to the pesticide-product combinations sampled in the competent authority's control programme;
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details of the accreditation status of the analytical laboratories involved in the controls referred to in point (a);
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where permitted by national legislation, details of enforcement measures taken.
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The competent authorities may jointly issue guidance regarding the format and submission of information in accordance with paragraph 1.
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The competent authorities must jointly publish any guidance issued under paragraph 2 in a manner which the competent authorities consider appropriate.
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In submitting information in accordance with paragraph 1, a competent authority must have regard to any guidance issued under paragraph 2.

The Annual Report on Pesticide Residues
Article 32
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On the basis of the information provided ... under Article 31(1) the competent authorities must jointly draw up an Annual Report on pesticide residues.
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The competent 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) , 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 any 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;
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an assessment of consumer exposure to pesticide residues based on the information provided under point (a) and any other relevant available information ....
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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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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.

Submission of the Annual Report on Pesticide Residues to the Committee
Article 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Words in Ch. 5 Section 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(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(10)(b)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(10)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 31(2)-(4) substituted for Art. 31(2) (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(10)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(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(10)(b)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(1)(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(10)(b)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(5)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(1)(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(10)(b)(iii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(1)(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(10)(b)(iii)(bb) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(5)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 31(1)(c) 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(10)(b)(iv)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 31(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 7(10)(b)(iv)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 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)
Words 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)
Words 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)
Words 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)
Words 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)
Word 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)
Words 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)
Art. 32(7) 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)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 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)
Art. 33 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(12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)