EN   EN 
 
 
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
PLAN/2022/2308  rev.2  
[…](2023) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
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 carbetamide, 
carboxin and triflumuron in or on certain products  
(Text with EEA relevance)    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
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 carbetamide, 
carboxin and triflumuron in or on certain products  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,  
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No  396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 23  February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed 
of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC1, and in particular 
Article 14(1) , point (a), Article 18(1) , point (b), and Article 49(2) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) For carbetamide , carboxin  and t riflumuron , maximum residue levels ( ‘MRLs ’) were 
set in Annex  II to Regulation (EC) No  396/2005.  
(2) The approval of the active substance carbetamide  expired on 31 May 2021  and the 
applicant withdr ew the application for its renewal . All existing authorisations for plant 
protection products containing that active substance have been revoked. No Codex 
maximum residue limits (‘CXLs’) or import tolerances exist for c arbetamide . It is 
therefore appropria te to delete  the MRLs set out for th at substance 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) point (a) thereof . MRLs for all products 
should be set at the product specific limit of determination (‘LOD’)  in Annex V to that 
Regulation  in accordance with Article 18(1), point (b), of that Regulation .  
(3) The approval of the active substance carb oxin expired on 31 May 2021 and the 
applicant withdrew the application for its renewal. All existing authorisations for plant 
protection products containing that active substance have been revoked. No CXLs or 
import tolerances exist for carb oxin. The MRLs for carboxin on all products  are 
already set at the LOD  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) 
point (a) thereof  the MRLs for carboxin  should be deleted in Annex II  to Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005. MRLs for all products should be set at  the product specific LOD  in 
Annex  V to that Regulation  in accordance with Article 18(1), point (b), of that 
Regulation . 
(4) The approval of the active substance triflumuron expired on 31  March  2021 and 
applicant has not submitted an application for its renewal . All existing authorisations 
for plant protection products containing that active substance have been revoked. No 
CXLs or import tolerances exist for triflumuron. It is therefore appropriate to delete 
 
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EN 2  EN the MRLs set out for th at substance 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) point (a) thereof. MRLs for all products should be set at  the product 
specific LOD in Annex  V to that Regulation  in accordance with Article 18(1), point 
(b), of that Regulation .  
(5) The Commission consulted the European Union reference laboratories for residu es of 
pesticides as regards the need to adapt certain LODs . For carbetamide, carboxin and 
triflumuron  those laboratories proposed product specific LODs that are analytically 
achievable.  
(6) Through the World Trade Organisation, the trading partners of the Union were 
consulted on the new MRLs and their comments have been taken into account.  
(7) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.  
(8) For carbetamide, carboxin and triflumuron , to allow for the normal marketing, 
processing and consumpt ion of products, this Regulation should not apply to products 
which have been produced in the Union or imported into the Union before the 
modified MRLs become appliable  and for which a high level of consumer protection 
is maintained . 
(9) A reasonable period sh ould be allowed to elapse before the new MRLs become 
applicable in order to allow  Member States, third countries and food business 
operators to adapt  themselves to the requirements which result from the amendments  
to the relevant MRLs . 
(10) The measures provide d for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed , 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Annexes II  and V to Regulation (EC) No  396/2005 are amended in accordance with the 
Annex to this Regulation.  
Article 2  
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 as it stood before being amended by this Regulation shall 
continue to apply to products which were produced in the Union or imported into the Union 
before  … [6 months after the date of entry into force  of this Regulation ]. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union . 
It shall apply from … [6 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation ].  
EN 3  EN This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
The President  
 Ursula VON DER LEYEN