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SANTE/10257/2017 Rev. 0 
[…](2017) XXX  draft 
  
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… 
of XXX  
replacing Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the Europea n Parliament and of 
the Council 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
 EN 2   EN COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… 
of XXX  
replacing Annex I to Regulatio n (EC) No 396/2005 of the Europea n Parliament and of 
the Council 
(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 Pa rliament and of the 
Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pestic ides in or on food and feed 
of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/41 4/EEC1, and in particular 
Article 4 thereof, 
Whereas:  (1) The products of plant and animal origin to which the maximum re sidue levels of 
pesticides ('MRLs') set by Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 apply, s ubject to the 
provisions of that Regulation, a re listed in Annex I to that Re gulation. 
(2) Additional information should be provided by Annex I to that Re gulation as regards 
the products concerned, in partic ular as regards the synonyms u sed to indicate the 
products, the scientific names of the species to which the prod ucts belong and the part 
of the product to which the respective MRLs apply. 
(3) The text of footnote (1) in both Part A and Part B of Annex I s hould be reworded, in 
order to avoid ambiguity and diffe rent interpretations encounte red with the current 
wording. 
(4) New footnotes (3) and (4) should be inserted in Part A of Annex  I, in order to provide 
additional information as regards the part of the product to wh ich the MRLs of the 
products concerned apply 
(5) New footnote (7) should be inser ted in Part A of Annex I, in or der to clarify that 
MRLs of honey are not applicable to other apiculture products d ue to their different 
chemicals characteristics. 
(6) Additional products should be intr oduced in the Part B of Annex  I, in order to attribute 
them to a specific group or subgroup of Part A. 
(7) Footnotes (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in Part B of Annex I shoul d be deleted as the 
deadlines set out in these footnotes have expired. 
(8) New footnote (2) should be insert ed in Part B of Annex I, to al low for a reasonable 
period to elapse before the modifi ed classification of the prod uct soyabeans/edamame 
become applicable, in order to permit the food business operato r s  t o  m e e t  t h e  n e w  
requirements which will result from the modification of the pro duct classification. 
                                                 
1 OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1. EN 3   EN (9) Through the World Trade Organisation the trading partners of th e Union were 
consulted and their comments  have been taken into account. 
(10) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should therefore be amended accordi ngly. 
The measures provided 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 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 is replaced by the Annex  to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day fol lowing that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of  the European Union . 
In order to not interfere with the samples collection for the n ational multiannual residues 
monitoring program, which is base d on calendar years, it shall apply from 1 January 2018 
This Regulation shall be binding i n its entirety and directly a pplicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels, 
 For the Commission 
 The President  Jean Claude JUNCKER