COMMI SSION REGUL ATION (EU) 2020/1085 
of 23 July 2020 
amending Annexes II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards maximum residue levels for chlor pyrifos and chlor pyrifos-methyl in or on 
certain products 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Havi ng regard to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 Febr uary 2005 on 
maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 
91/414/EEC (1), and in particular Article 14(1)(a) and Article 18(1)(b) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) For chlor pyrifos and chlor pyrifos-methyl, maximum residue levels (MRLs) were set in Annex II to Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005. 
(2) The approvals of the active substances chlor pyrifos and chlorpyrifos-meth yl were not renewed by Commission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/18 (2) and Commission Imp lementing Regulation (EU) 2020/17 (3), 
respectively . 
(3) All existing author isations for plant protection products containing chlorpyrifos and chlor pyrifos-meth yl have been 
revok ed. It is theref ore appropr iate to delet e the MRLs set out for these substances in Annex II to Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005 in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 in conjunction with Article 14 
(1)(a) thereof. 
(4) The Commission consulted the European Union reference laborat ories as regar ds the need to adap t certain limits of 
determination (LOD s) for the two substances. Those laboratori es concluded that technical development permits the 
setting of LODs at 0,01 mg/kg for chlor pyrifos and chlorpyrifos-meth yl in all products. Those defa ult values should 
be listed in Annex V in accordance with Article 18(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. 
(5) In the context of the non-renewal of the approval of chlor pyrifos and chlor pyrifos-methyl, the European Food Safety 
Authority (‘the Author ity’) published statements on the human health assessment for those active substances (4)(5). 
In those statements the Author ity conf irmed developmental neuroto xicity of both active substances in children and 
could not excl ude a genoto xic pote ntial due to the exposure to residues of the two substances in food. 
(6) Through the World Trade Org anisation, the trading partners of the Union were consulte d on the new MRLs and their 
comments have been taken into account. 
(7) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(1)OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1. 
(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/18 of 10 Januar y 2020 concer ning the non-renewal of approval of the active 
substance chlorpyrifos, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concer ning 
the placing of plant prot ection products on the market, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 
(OJ L 7, 13.1.2020, p. 14). 
(3)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/17 of 10 Januar y 2020 concer ning the non-renewal of approval of the active 
substance chlorpyrifos-meth yl, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
concer ning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation 
(EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 7, 13.1.2020, p. 11). 
(4)Statement on the available outcomes of the human health assessment in the context of the pesticides peer review of the active 
substance chlorpyrifos. EFSA Journal 2019;17(5):5809. 
(5)Updated statement on the available outcomes of the human health assessment in the context of the pesticides peer review of the active 
substance chlorpyrifos-m ethyl. EFSA Journal 2019;17(11):5908. EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 24.7.2020                                                                                                                                           L 239/7   (8) A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before the modifi ed MRLs become applicable in order to permit 
Member States, third countr ies and food business operators to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements 
which will result from the modification of the MRLs. 
(9) The measures provid ed for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Annex es II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
It shall apply from 6 August 2020. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 23 July 2020.  
For the Commission 
The President 
Ursula VON DER LEYEN     EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 239/8                                                                                                                                           24.7.2020